cvs connection problems

[Peter Lauri]

> 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
> 
> 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
> 
[Peter Lauri - DWS Asia] 

The problem was that xinted was not installed. Do "yum install xinetd".

/Peter