pserver dies on startup with "cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start:"
FredO
execute the command "/usr/bin/cvs pserver -c /etc/cvs/cvs.conf",
pserver dies immediately with the message: "cvs [pserver aborted]: bad
auth protocol start: ". /etc/xinetd.d/cvs contains:
service cvspserver
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
server = /usr/sbin/cvspserver
disable = no
user = cvs
}
/etc/cvs/cvs.conf contains:
# -*- shell-script -*-
#
# Configuration file for the Mandrake CVS-related scripts
#
# Locations of CVS repositories you want to export via pserver
CVS_REPOS="/opt/cvsroot"
# cvs.conf ends here
Any ideas as to why pserver is dying on startup
Pierre Sangouard
From "CVS--Concurrent Versions System v1.12.12.1: Troubleshooting" you can
easily find with google:
"unrecognized auth response" errors are caused by a bad command line in
`inetd.conf', typically an invalid option or forgetting to put the `pserver'
command at the end of the line. Another less common problem is invisible
control characters that your editor "helpfully" added without you noticing."
What is your exact server line in /etc/xinetd.d/cvs (The one shown above is
for sure not correct) ?
FredO
According to the manual, this error is encountered when making a
connection to a CVS server. My version of cvs is returning this error
on startup, and then it shuts down. No attempt at making a connection
is necessary.