Install cvs on Ubuntu6.06 LTS

cvs is on my ubuntu again. Some steps and tips are shared on this post. Problems with xinet and lo are special on 6.06.

1. I use lvm for my cvs repository. So the first step is create a lv named lv_cvsroot and mount it on /cvsroot.

   lvcreate -L500m -nlv_cvsroot /dev/rootvg

2. mkfs /dev/rootvg/lv_cvsroot
3. mkdir /cvsroot mount /dev/rootvg/lv_cvsroot /cvsroot
4. vi /etc/fstab to mount the lv automatically when booting on ubuntu.
5. Add a group named cvs.
   $/usr/sbin/groupadd cvs
6. Add a user named cvsroot which group is cvs and home diretory is /cvsroot.
   $/usr/sbin/useradd -g cvs -d /cvsroot cvsroot
7. chmod 771 /cvsroot
   chown cvsroot:cvs /cvsroot
8. add user to cvs group.
   vi /etc/group
9. su to cvsroot and initilize cvs repository.

   		su - cvsroot
   		cvs init -d /cvsroot
   

10. Install and config inetd. Ubuntu6.06 doesn't has xinet as a default component, we should install it by ourself. $apt-get install xinet
11. vi /etc/services to open port 2401 for cvs. Make sure the following lines are in the file. If not add it yourself.

    		cvspserver 2401 tcp
    		cvspserver 2401 udp
    		

12. Add cvspserver service to xinet.
    cd /etc/xinet.d
    vi cvspserver
13. /etc/init/xinet.d restart to restart xinet.d daemo.
14. Test if cvs is ok.
    netstat -na|grep 2401
15. Some problems I encountered when installing cvs.
    • Can't login cvs. When I try

      			$cvs login
      			

      The cvs server doesn't repsone. The port 2401 is ok. I can't ping 127.0.0.1 or localhost. There must be something wrong with my lookback address. I found that network interface lo is down.
      ifconfig lo up
      lo is ok. Somebody reported a bug about the network interface lo when booting the system

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to be contined...