How To Install CVS Server on Redhat Linux

yum install cvs 

Create a CVS user and group.
useradd cvs
passwd cvs

Create, setup and own cvsroot directory

mkdir /usr/local/cvsroot
cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot init
chown cvs:cvs /usr/local/cvsroot

Set default CVSROOT

vi /etc/profile

Append following line:

export CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvsroot

And load it into the shell

./etc/profile

Add /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver and make it look as follows:

vi /etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver

service cvspserver
{
        disable = no
        socket_type = stream
        wait = no
        user = cvs
        group = cvs
        log_type = FILE /var/log/cvspserver
        protocol = tcp
        env = '$HOME=/usr/local/cvspserver'
        log_on_failure += USERID
        port = 2401
        server = /usr/bin/cvs
        server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/local/cvsroot pserver
}

Restart xinetd:

service xinetd restart

You can check /var/log/messages file for relevant error messages.

Add users to this group:

adduser <username> -g cvs

Change their password

passwd username


Thanks,
Vishal Vyas