RE: [cobalt-developers] CVS for Qube3

["Matthew Nuzum" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> does anyone know where I can find a CVS package for Qube3? Great would
be
> a
> package with UI (create CVS user...).
> 
> Thanks,
> Kai Zimmermann

Hello,

I can't help with your exact request, because I've never seen a gui
admin for CVS.  However I've set up a chrooted cvs :pserver: on several
Raq4 machines.

I suspect you will be able to do it using the instructions I used from
http://www.kegel.com/cvsadmin.html

This site is specifically geared to managing your website using CVS but
it works for everything.

The only problem I have had with the instructions is the list of files
that must be copied into the chroot jail.  If you have the same problem
as me, you'll get errors when you get to the step that has you run cvs
-v.  If you get an error, it'll list the exact name of the file it was
expecting.  Just copy it into the jail (which you will know how to do
from the instructions).

If you're wondering, a chrooted jail is a way to run a program in an
isolated environment so that it shouldn't be able to have access to any
other part of the system.  That way, if someone tries to hack your CVS
server, they can't damage anything outside of the CVS area.

I think you'll find that the CVS command is already installed in your
server, so if you have a trusted environment, you may want to just set
up a standard CVS server.  The link I provided above has links to other
tutorials demonstrating alternative CVS configurations.

If you need a GUI cvs utility for Windows computers, I highly recommend
tortoise CVS.  It allows you to do all of the common CVS tasks by just
right clicking on files in windows.

--
Matthew Nuzum
www.bearfruit.org
cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx