From wiki CVS (Concurrent Versions System)uses a client–server architecture: a server stores the current version(s) of a project and its history, and clients connect to the server in order to "check out" a complete copy of the project, work on this copy and then later "check in" their changes. Typically, the client and server connect over a LAN or over the Internet, but client and server may both run on the same machine if CVS has the task of keeping track of the version history of a project with only local developers.
The following configuration has been tested on Red Hat Linux 5.x so if you are using different distribution then make sure you use relative command.
How to configure CVS server?
Make sure cvs package is installed in your machine.
NOTE: On RHEL system you must have an active subscription to RHN or you can configure a local offline repository using which "yum" package manager can install the provided rpm and it's dependencies.
# yum install cvs
Now the next thing which you have to do is create a project repository for your projects.
NOTE: Make sure that directory myprojects does not exist when you run the below command
# cvs -d /usr/local/myprojects init
The above command will create a new project repository with the name of "myprojects"
Now let us make some initial changes before starting the cvs server. Make sure your cvs file looks like as shown below.
# vi /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver
{
disable = no
port = 2401
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
passenv = PATH
server = /usr/bin/cvs
env = HOME=/var/cvs
server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/local/myprojects pserver
bind = 192.168.0.138
}
Here 192.168.0.138 is the IP of my local machine where I am configuring my cvs server.
Add a new line in the last line
# vi /etc/services cvspserver 2401/tcp # CVS PServer
Restart the xinetd services
# service xinetd restart Stopping xinetd: [ OK ] Starting xinetd: [ OK ]
Verify that the service is running and listening
# netstat -ntlp | grep 2401 tcp 0 0 192.168.0.138:2401 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 18337/xinetd
Now create a cvs user and assign any password for the project repository we created
# useradd deepak # passwd deepak
Client login into CVS server
Syntax:
# cvs -d :pserver:user_name@server_name:/usr/local/myprojects login # cvs -d :pserver:deepak@192.168.0.138:/usr/local/myprojects login
Another way to login
# export CVSROOT=:pserver:deepak@192.168.0.138:/usr/local/myprojects
# cvs login Logging in to :pserver:deepak@192.168.0.138:/usr/local/myprojects CVS password:
I hope the article was useful.