CVS Setup on Linux

I know, in this fast paced modern world that SVN is thought to be superior to CVS, but for some of my studio audience, and myself, here are my notes from configuring CVS.

I'm using CentOS rel 5, but should be similar on RH or Fedora (now please tell me you're not surprised about that).

check if you have cvs already:
rpm -qa | grep cvs

if not ...
yum install cvs

then add CVSROOT as a variable for everyone using bash ... if they're not using bash, they're on their own ...
add to /etc/bashrc:
CVSROOT=/home/cvsrep
export CVSROOT

create initial repository:
cvs -d /home/cvsrep init

Edit the file /etc/xinetd.d/cvs which starts the service in the xinetd server - this was created by "yum install cvs"

# default: off
# description: The CVS service can record the history of your source \
# files. CVS stores all the versions of a file in a single \
# file in a clever way that only stores the differences \
# between versions.
service cvspserver
{
disable = yes
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
}

but note the "disable=yes" line
if you want cvs to work ... change to:
disable=no

and restart xinetd after you make all configuration changes necessary

tip of the keyboard to:
http://personal.vsnl.com/sureshms/linuxindex.html