Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 19:07:21 +1300 From: rshea@opendoor.co.nz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: cvs /default inetd.conf - reassurance please Message-ID: <3C1507E9.10562.13C0ED73@localhost>
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Hi - I'm in the process of allowing W9x/W2K clients access to the cvs on a FreeBSD box. I find that both Tortoise and WinCVS require that the inetd.conf entry for cvspserver include the --allow-root option. Are there any hidden gotchas in including this ? I can't find any reference to this option at all in the FreeBSD man page for cvs but as far as I understand it the option is to restrict the repositories which can be accessed through cvspserver which _sounds_ ok ... I haven't yet done this and I would just like someone to reassure me that it's an OK thing to do from a FreeBSD point of view. Whilst I'm here the O'Reilly 'CVS Pocket Ref' says that the cvs server runs briefly as root when it starts (implying a potential security risk). Because I'm not having much joy talking to CVS I'm having trouble figuring this out (with ps I mean) ... does the cvs server start only at boot or every time a client requests service ? thanks richard shea. ***************************************************** Open Door Ltd PO Box 119-46 Wellington, NZ PH +64 4 384 7639 FX +64 4 384 7672 ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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