setting cvs server

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, _z33 wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > RH9?  Mind if i ask why you're using such an old & unsupported distro?
>
>    Well, not my idea! It's the client's requirement.
>
> >
> > At any rate, if you want to do cvs over ssh, then the setup is actually
> > quite simple.  You need to have sshd running, and you need to have
> > accounts setup for each of the users (either in /etc/passwd, or via some
> > other auth method as defined in /etc/nsswitch.conf).  Then its just a
> > matter of doing a 'cvs init' for your repository(s), and you're ready to
> > go.  Set user/group permissions & ownership as desired for each
> > repository.
> >
>
>    Do I have to create accounts (locally on my comp) for all those who
> try to access my system?

Unless you want to use an auth mechanism outside of /etc/passwd such as
LDAP, or NIS.

>    I tried setting up cvs through "pserver" and succeeded; seems to be
> the simplest method of all for a newbie like me :)

Not really.  pserver requires (x)inetd, and is of course a HUGE security
hole since nothing is encrypted.

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