Re: cvs pserver problems

[ramesh]

Hi Larry,

I have been struggling with this same error for a day now.

In my /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver file, I have:
service cvspserver
{
        id                      = cvspserver
        disable                 = no
        port                    = 2401
        socket_type             = stream
        protocol                = tcp
        wait                    = no
        user                    = root
        server                  = /usr/bin/cvs
        server_args     = --allow-root=/home/cvs/cvsroot -f pserver
        log                     = /var/log/cvslog
}

which I assume would mean that the cvs server is running as root. The
/home/cvs/cvsroot/CVSROOT/config file is readable by root.

But I get the same error:
Logging in to :pserver:address@hidden:2401/home/cvs/cvsroot
CVS password:
cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from hostname: cvs
pserver: cannot open /home/cvs/cvsroot/CVSROOT/config: Permission
denied

What could be happening here? My linux version; 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4

Larry Jones wrote:
> goman writes:
> >
> > address@hidden cvsroot]# cvs -d
> > :pserver:address@hidden:/cvs/cvsroot login
> > Logging in to :pserver:address@hidden:2401/cvs/cvsroot
> > CVS password:
> > cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from
> > localhost.localdomain: cvs pserver: cannot open
> > /cvs/cvsroot/CVSROOT/config: Permission denied
>
> Whatever user inetd is set to run CVS as doesn't have read permission on
> /cvs/cvsroot/CVSROOT/config.
>
> -Larry Jones
> 
> Mom must've put my cape in the wrong drawer. -- Calvin