CVS operation under Linux

1.Install:(don't validate)

    #rpm -qa cvs    ;check your system whether install CVS server

    if system have no CVS server, you must be download CVS code/program. download URL:

    install step: 

     #./configure --prefix=/usr/local/cvs    ;configure install dir

    #make

    #make install

2.Configure:(Linux redhat9.0, auto install CVS server)

    1)bulid CVS user-group

        #groupadd cvs

    2)build CVS group's cvsroot user and these dir

        #useradd -g cvs -G cvs -d /home/cvsroot cvsroot

    3)add cvsroot user password

        #passwd cvsroot

    4)change /home/cvsroot/ dir.'s attribute

        #chmod 755 /home/cvsroot

    5)initialize cvs source code repository, then create dir /home/cvsroot/CVSROOT

        #cvs -d /home/cvsroot init

    6)create can login cvs service's user & password, create file passwd

        #vi /home/cvsroot/CVSROOT/passwd

       under file format:

            chenchao:XXXXX:cvsroot

        XXXXX is password, build by passwdgen.pl file execute

             #passwdgen.pl 123456     ; "123456" is password

    7)create passwdgen.pl file: #vim /home/cvsroot/passwdgen.pl  ; file content is :

        #!/usr/bin/perl

        srand (time());
        my $randletter = "(int (rand (26)) + (int (rand (1) + .5) % 2 ? 65 : 97))";
        my $salt = sprintf ("%c%c", eval $randletter, eval $randletter); 
        my $plaintext = shift; my $crypttext = crypt ($plaintext, $salt);
        print "${crypttext}\n";

    8)add CVS service(because of RedHat9.0 default have cvs service, don't add)

        #vim /etc/services

            cvspserver 2401/tcp  #pserver cvs service

            cvspserver 2401/udp    #pserver cvs service

    9) CVS server by inetd run up, so we are need to add startup server(RedHat9.0 used xintd mode, create cvspserver file

        #vim /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver

            service cvspserver
            {
            disable = no
            flags = REUSE
            socket_type = stream
            wait = no
            user = root
            server = /usr/bin/cvs
            server_args = -f --allow-root=/home/cvsroot pserver
            log_on_failure += USERID
            }

    10)restart inetd or xinetd:

        #/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart

    11)check cvspserver server whether startup

        #netstat -l |grep cvspserver

        result: tcp 0 0 *:cvspserver *:* LISTEN    # OK started

    12) all about above then test login:

        #cvs -d :pserver:chenchao@10.4.37.12:/home/cvsroot login

        prompt input passwd, then input it . If have no information back it , then you are success.

    13)Client set environment: ~/.bash_profile

            export CVS_RSH=ssh
            export CVSROOT=:pserver:username@ip:/home/cvsroot

    14)then you can direct login: cvs login

3.CVSweb:

    1)download cvsweb URL:

    2) #tar -zxvf cvsweb-3.0.6.tar.gz

    3)copy configure file "cvsweb.conf " to apache2 configure dir

        #cd cvsweb-3.0.6

        #cp cvsweb.conf  /usr/local/apache2/conf

        Modify "cvswebconf ", file content,

        #vim /usr/local/apache2/conf/cvsweb.conf

        @CVSrepositories = (
                 'local'   => ['Local Repository', '/var/cvs'],
        #       'freebsd' => ['FreeBSD',          '/var/ncvs'],
        #       'openbsd' => ['OpenBSD',          '/var/ncvs'],
        #       'netbsd'  => ['NetBSD',           '/var/ncvs'],
        #       'ruby'    => ['Ruby',             '/var/anoncvs/ruby'],

        change 'local' last field: '/var/cvs', change to your cvs repository dir. For example: /home/cvsroot.

    4)individuation setting

        $logo

        $defaulttitle

        $long_intro

        $short_instruction

    5)copy "cvsweb.cgi " to apache2/cgi-bin/ dir,

        #cp cvsweb.cgi /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/

        change cvsweb.cgi "$config" variable value with your cvsweb.conf path.

        #vim /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi

       ##### Start of Configuration Area ########

        between there
       ##### End of Configuration Area   ########

        change path: '/usr/local/apache2/conf/cvsweb.conf '.
    

    6)chinese support, in cvsweb.cgi

        lookup sub html_header($) function

        between and