Re: cvs connection problems

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 19:22 +0700, lists dwsasia com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to setup my fedora box with cvs server to be able to  
> connect it via pserver. This is what I am getting as error trying to  
> perform any cvs
> 
> cvs ["whatevercommand" aborted]: connect to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:2401  
> failed: Connection refused
> 
> In the /etc/xinetd.d/ folder I have a file called cvs:
> 
> service 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=/var/cvs pserver
> #       bind                    = 127.0.0.1
> }
> 
> And in the /etc/hosts.allow I added the line:
> 
> cvs: ALL:ALLOW
The above seems wrong. The ALLOW has no purpose in an hosts.allow file.
cvs: All
seems the correct form.
> 
> And using the system-config-security-tui tool I allow:
> 
> SSH
> WWW (HTTP)
> Secure WWW (HTTPS)
> and otherports: cvspserver:tcp (same as 2401)
> 
> Anything else I need to be able to connect to the the cvs using  
> pserver from a remote computer. From that computer I can setup a  
> regular ssh connection without problem. I have tried to restart all  
> services and rebooted the machine as well :(
> 
> Anything I am missing out here?
> 
> Best regards,
> Peter Lauri
> 
> 
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