Setting up CVS repository and avoiding Selinux issues?

[Todd Denniston]

Daniel B. Thurman wrote, On 04/28/2009 10:07 PM:
> 
> 
> I am trying to get my CVS repository setup.  Apparently,
> it appears that the repository must be in the root directory,
> otherwise I get selinux permission denials.
> 
> What I tried to do initially was to locate the repository
> on a NTFS filesystem for which the context is fusefs
> which could not be changed, no matter what I tried.
> I got selinux permission errors.
> 

using a non Unix file system on a Unix system for your CVS repo will likely 
cause much hate and discontent while trying to manage permissions.

> Giving that up, I moved the repository to a ext3 filesystem
> located on a separate drive/partition, mounted on /f-App1,
> where the repository is located @ /f-App1/Develop/cvs, and did:
> 
> cd /f-App1/Develop/
> chown -R cvs:cvs cvs
> chcon -R -t cvs_data_t cvs
> find cvs -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
> find cvs -type t -exec chmod 754 {} \;
> ln -s /f-App1/Develop/cvs /cvs
> 

Are you looking to use :pserver: here?  Have you considered ssh?

> and I got selinux complaining that the files are not /cvs rooted.
> 

Can you give the ACTUAL error(s) from selinux & CVS?

> So I did:
> 
> cp -a /f-App1/Develop/cvs  /cvs1
> rm -f /cvs
> ln -s /cvs1 /cvs
> 
> And it worked.
> 
> How can I place my repository in a non-rooted, non-standard
> repository location and avoid the selinux complaints?
> 

I am interested, because I maintain CVS repos on older systems that will 
probably migrate when RHEL 6 comes out, but Dan Walsh's blog site is not 
accessible.

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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter