1) Create the repository directory, say ,
"/home/cvsrep"

2) setup the following environment variable in "/etc/bashrc"
CVSROOT=/home/cvsrep
export CVSROOT

3) initiate the CVS to create a repository at the above CVSROOT directory
cvs -d /home/cvsrep init

4) Edit the "/etc/inetd.conf" file to include the following
statement at the end of the file using vi editor
2401 stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/cvs cvs -f
--allow-root=/home/cvsrep pserver

5) check the file "/etc/services" for the following entry
cvspserver 2401/tcp

6) Reboot. Note: The CVS password authentication will be
from /etc/passwd file

7) After rebooting, check the CVS using the following command
telnet 2401
cvs -d :pserver:@:/home/cvsrep login

1) Create the repository directory, say ,
"/home/cvsrep"

2) setup the following environment variable in "/etc/bashrc"
CVSROOT=/home/cvsrep
export CVSROOT

3) initiate the CVS to create a repository at the above CVSROOT directory
cvs -d /home/cvsrep init

4) Create/Edit the "/etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver" file with entry

service cvspserver
{
  socket_type = stream
  protocol = tcp
  wait = no
  user = cvsrep
  group = cvsdev
  log_type = FILE /var/log/xinetdlog
  server = /usr/bin/cvs
  server_args = -f --allow-root=/home/cvsrep pserver
  disable = no
  log_on_success += USERID DURATION
  log_on_failure += HOST USERID
}


5) check the file "/etc/services" for the following entry
cvspserver 2401/tcp

6) Restart the xinetd services
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S56xinetd restart

7) Check the CVS using the following command
telnet 2401
Escape character is '^]'
Enter some word in the telnet console say for example 'foo'. It must throw the following error

cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: foo Connection closed by foreign host.

If this statement is displayed then the cvs is configured in your linux server.