Re: pserver dies on startup with "cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start:"

[FredO]

On Sep 26, 9:03 am, "Pierre Sangouard" <address@hidden> wrote:
> FredO wrote:
> > I am trying to start pserver on a Mandriva Linux system. When I
> > execute the command "/usr/bin/cvs pserver -c /etc/cvs/cvs.conf",
> > pserver dies immediately with the message: "cvs [pserver aborted]: bad
> > auth protocol start: ".   /etc/xinetd.d/cvs contains:
>
> > service cvspserver
> > {
> >        socket_type = stream
> >        protocol = tcp
> >        wait = no
> >        server = /usr/sbin/cvspserver
> >        disable = no
> >        user = cvs
> > }
>
> > /etc/cvs/cvs.conf contains:
>
> > # -*- shell-script -*-
> > #
> > # Configuration file for the Mandrake CVS-related scripts
> > #
>
> > # Locations of CVS repositories you want to export via pserver
> > CVS_REPOS="/opt/cvsroot"
>
> > # cvs.conf ends here
>
> > Any ideas as to why pserver is dying on startup
>
> From "CVS--Concurrent Versions System v1.12.12.1: Troubleshooting" you can
> easily find with google:
>
> "unrecognized auth response" errors are caused by a bad command line in
> `inetd.conf', typically an invalid option or forgetting to put the `pserver'
> command at the end of the line. Another less common problem is invisible
> control characters that your editor "helpfully" added without you noticing."
>
> What is your exact server line in /etc/xinetd.d/cvs (The one shown above is
> for sure not correct) ?

According to the manual, this error is encountered when making a
connection to a CVS server.  My version of cvs is returning this error
on startup, and then it shuts down.  No attempt at making a connection
is necessary.