Configuring the CVS server repository
After you have installed the CVS server and restarted the system, do the following steps to create and configure the CVS server repository:
| Manually create the common root directory. For example, the directory c:\rep7672 can be created using Windows Explorer.
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| Select Start Æ Programs Æ CVSNT Æ Service control panel to start the CVSNT control application.
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| The CVS services must be stopped to create a new repository. In the CVSNT control panel window, click Stop under CVSNT Service and CVSNT Lock Service (Figure | 8-1).
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Figure 28-1 Stop the CVSNT services
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| Select the Repository configuration tab, and click Add.
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| In the Server Settings dialog, enter the following values (Figure | 8-2):
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Location: c:/rep7672 (we created this directory manually)
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Name: /rep7672 (default)
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Description: RAD 7.5 Redbook CVS repository
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Leave the other selections with their defaults.
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Click OK.
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Figure 28-2 Add repository
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| When prompted with the message c:/rep7672 exists, but is not a valid CVS repository. Do you want to initialize it?, click Yes and then Apply.
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| Select the Compatibility Options tab (Figure | 8-3). For both type of clients:
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Select Respond as cvs 1.11.2 to version request.
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Select Emulate `-n checkout' bug.
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Select Hide extended log/status information.
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Clear Ignore client-side force -k options
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For Clients allowed to connect, select Any CVS/CVSNT (default).
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Figure 28-3 Compatibility options
These settings ensure that CVSNT is compatible with clients such as Application Developer and other CVS clients.
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| Click Apply and then OK to close the CVS control panel.
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