[Dev Tools] How to setup CVS server on Ubuntu

1. Variables that might need to be geared towards your own installation:
• INSTALLDIR: the dir where cvsd is installed.
• USERNAME: the name for cvs user to connect to the server.
  
  
2. install CVS files:
   sudo apt-get install cvs

   install CVS server:
   sudo apt-get install cvsd
   
   (it is also OK to use aptitude)
   When prompted in the cvsd installation process for Repository, type in “/cvsroot”.

3. Configure CVS
   goto /var/lib/cvsd and build the cvsroot:
   sudo cvsd-buildroot /var/lib/cvsd

   create the folder cvsroot:
   sudo mkdir cvsroot
   
   and then initilize the repository
   sudo cvs -d /var/lib/cvsd/cvsroot init
   sudo chown -R cvsd:cvsd cvsroot

   create a user and password:
   sudo cvsd-passwd /var/lib/cvsd/cvsroot +$USERNAME

   and then change the AUTH type:
   sudo vi /var/lib/cvsd/cvsroot/CVSROOT/config
   uncomment the “SystemAuto=no” line.

4. Test it
   cvs -d :pserver:$USERNAME@localhost:/cvsroot login
   cvs -d :pserver:$USERNAME@localhost:/cvsroot checkout .
   
   

Reference: http://www.sofee.cn/blog/2006/06/14/5/ by Justin