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Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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cvsd is a wrapper program for cvs in pserver mode. it will run 'cvs
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pserver' under a special uid/gid in a chroot jail.
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cvsd is run as a daemon and is controlled through a configuration
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file. It is relatively easy to configure and provides tools for easy
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setting up a chroot jail.
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This server can be useful if you want to run a public cvs pserver. You
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should however be aware of the security limitations of running a cvs
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pserver. If you want any kind of authentication you should really
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consider using secure shell as a secure authentication mechanism and
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transport. Passwords used in cvs pserver are transmitted in plain
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text.
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This wrapper adds a layer of security to the cvs server. cvs is
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a very powerful tool and is capable of running scripts and other
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things. Running cvs in a chroot jail it is possible to limit the
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amount of "damage" cvs can do if it is exploited. It is generally a
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good idea to run cvsd without any write permissions to any directory
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on the system.
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Features of cvsd include:
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* running in chroot jail
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* configuring chroot jail
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* running under a non-root uid
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* set a nice value
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* limit resource usage
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* limit number of connections
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* relatively easy to set up
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