HOWTO_setup_cvs_server

1. emerge cvsd
2. mkdir /var/lib/cvsd
3. cvs -d /var/lib/cvsd/root init
4. cvsd-buildroot /var/lib/cvsd
5. cd /var/lib/cvsd
6. mkdir -p var/lock
7. nano -w /etc/cvsd/cvsd.conf

Uid cvsd
Gid cvsd
RootJail /var/lib/cvsd
Listen * 2401 # or whatever port you'd like it to listen on, up to you
Repos /root

1. cvsd-passwd /var/lib/cvsd/root YOUR_USER_HERE
2. touch /var/lib/cvsd/root/CVSROOT/readers
3. chown cvsd:cvsd /var/lib/cvsd/root/CVSROOT/readers
4. nano /var/lib/cvsd/root/CVSROOT/readers

//add some read users

1. cd /var/lib
2. chown -R cvsd:cvsd cvsd
3. chmod -R 775 /var/lib/cvsd/var
4. /etc/init.d/cvsd restart
5. rc-update add cvsd default

local test as follows:

1. CVSROOT=:pserver:YOUR_USER_HERE@localhost:/root; export CVSROOT
2. cvs login