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Define a custom CVSROOT for remote users

I am configuring a CVS server on a RedHat 6.

I want to create my cvs repository in the directory /home/my_cvs_user_name/my_cvsroot but I do not want my cvs users know the real path to that repository on the server.

Now, the user need to do:

export CVSROOT=:pserver:username1@my_server_name:/home/my_cvs_user_name/my_cvsroot
cvs login
...

How can I configure CVS so that they can connect to the cvs server with a url such as:

export CVSROOT=:pserver:username1@my_server_name:/my_cvsroot
cvs login
...
Solution

  • You should be able to just use a symbolic link. eg.

    ln -s /home/my_cvs_user_name/my_cvsroot /my_cvsroot

    You might need to play around with permissions, but it seems unlikely given they would already have had correct access when it was in your home directory.