Re: testing cvs using local host?

[Ray Tayek]

At 10:19 AM 9/10/02 -0400, you wrote:
> Ray Tayek writes:
> >
> > cvspserver      stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/bin/cvs    cvs -f
> > --allow-root=~ray/cvsroot
> >
> > in /etc/inetd.conf and
>
> Does your machine use inetd?

yes (it's slackware)

>  I thought most Linux systems used xinetd.

that's red hat (i think)

> You need to change the ~ray/cvsroot to /home/ray/cvsroot before it will
> work, but that wouldn't cause the connection to be refused.  Make sure
> you restarted inetd and check your syslog for error messages.

yes, that was part of the problem.

> > i was wondering what the incantation would be to do something on the linux
> > box, treating it as both the client and the server.
>
> Just set your CVSROOT to use pserver mode:
>
>         CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/home/ray/cvsroot

interesting. i tried "ext" and make some progress.

i will check "pserver" out also.

thanks

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