A working cvs pserver setup under RH 6.0 (cvs 1.10.5) now fails to work correctly when connecting remotely via pserver. I receive 2 cvs server messages: Can't chdir to root Can't read /root/.cvsignore The entry in /etc/inetd.conf is cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/cvs --allow-root=/home/cvsroot pserver
This is a longstanding CVS bug. The reason that the upgrade changed things is probably that it changed the permissions on the /root directory (or so would be my guess). I'd suggest taking up this matter with the CVS lists at http://www.cyclic.com/ (of course, being willing to write a patch always helps...).