problem setting cvs pserver

[alex]

Hi all,
I am using fedora core 3,
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.17 (client/server)
xinetd Version 2.3.13 libwrap loadavg
and I am trying to set up a CVS pserver on my machine ( without any
security in mind at the moment):
my cvspserver file:
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service cvspserver
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/bin/cvs
server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot server
}
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Other setting:
echo $CVSROOT
/usr/local/cvsroot/
which cvs
/usr/bin/cvs

but when I try to connect I always get:
cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvsroot login
Logging in to :pserver:address@hidden:2401/usr/local/cvsroot
CVS password:
cvs [login aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer

After viewing:
https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.10/cvs_21.html#SEC184
I tried:
address@hidden ~]# telnet localhost 2401
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

To test my xinetd daemon I used my ftp server:
telnet localhost ftp
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.1)
...

So I believe that xinetd is working properly, where can I go from here
to get cvspserver to work properly.
Any help welcome,
Alex