Install CVS Server on Redhat

1. Detect whether CVS was install. If so, remove it.
    #rpm -qa | grep cvs
    #rpm -e cvs-xxx.xxx..
2. Install tar.gz
    #tar -zxvf cvs-1.xx.x.tar.gz
    #cd cvs-1.*
    #./configure --prefix=/usr/local/cvs --exec-prefix=/usr
                          --disable-server-flow-control
    #make
    #make install
3. Add CVS service
    # vi /etc/services
       cvspserver 2401/tcp            #pserver cvs service
       cvspserver 2401/udp          #pserver cvs service
4. Enable running at startup.
    #cd /etc/xinetd.d
    #vi cvspserver
         service cvspserver
         {
             disable = no
             flags = REUSE
             socket_type = stream
             wait   = no
             user = root
             env =
             HOME =
             server = /usr/bin/cvs
             server-args = -f --allow-root=/home/cvsroot   # cvsroot location
              log_on_failure += USERID
        };
        Note: --allow-root is the directory of Repository, it can be multiple.
5.  Restart xinetd
      #/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
6. Check whether cvspserver is started successfully.
     #netstat -l|grep cvs
7. Initialize the cvs service
    #groupadd cvs
    #useradd -g cvs -s /sbin/nologin cvsroot
    #chown -R cvsroot /home/cvsroot
    Initialization:
    #cvs -d /home/cvsroot init
   #chown -R cvsroot.cvs /home/cvsroot
   #chmod -R ug+rwx /home/cvsroot
   #chmod 644 /home/cvsroot/CVSROOT/config
   vi /home/cvsroot/CVSROOT/config
      remove the # at the head of "#SystemAuth = no"
8 Create CVS users
    8.1 Create passwdgen.pl to generate password
            #vi /passwdgen.pl
                  #!/usr/bin/perl
                  srand(time());
                  my $randletter = "( int(rand(26)) + ( int(rand(1)+.5)%2 ? 65:97) )";
                  my $salt = sprintf("%c%c", eval $randletter $randletter);
                  my $plaintext = shift;
                  my $crypttext = crypt($plaintext, $salt);
                  print "${crypttext}/n";

        #chmod +x /passwdgen.pl
       #./passwdgen.pl 123456

       #vi passwd
          username:password:cvsroot
          ........

       #vi writes
             username1
             .........
   
        #vi reader
                user1
                ......