Ubuntu Manpage: cvsd-buildroot - create a chrooted directory structure for use in cvsd.

NAME

       cvsd-buildroot - create a chrooted directory structure for use in cvsd.

SYNOPSIS

       cvsd-buildroot DIRECTORY

DESCRIPTION

cvsd-buildroot creates and populates a directory that can be used as a chroot jail for
running cvsd (see cvsd(8) ) in.

This script should be run as the root user since the creation of devices and the changing
of ownership and permissions require this.

The script gives warnings about files that it's not expecting.

cvsd-buildroot creates the following directory structure:

/bin This directory is populated with the cvs binary that is found on the system.

/lib This directory is populated with all the libraries that are required for running
programs in the /bin directory as well as some predefined required libraries that
are present on the system.

/dev Here null and zero devices are created.

/etc In this directory a passwd file is created that is used for matching user id's with
usernames. The root and cvsd user are added to this file if they're not there yet.
The passwd file is checked for consistency with the system /etc/passwd to prevent
mistakes. The passwd file is also populated with users referenced in the
repository directories. Note that no password data from /etc/passwd or any other
file is stored in the generated passwd file, all password entries are set to ‘x’.

/usr Here symbolic links are placed to /bin and /lib for some common library and binary
directories found on the system. This is done for systems that have hard-coded
paths for libraries.

/libexec and /usr/libexec
Symbolic links for these directories are created if they are present on the system.

/tmp This directory is cleaned out on systems that have tmpreaper.

After the directories are created and populated ownership and rights are set to a
reasonable value (root:root,umask=022).

OPTIONS

       cvsd-buildroot  takes  one  argument,  namely a directory in which the chroot jail will be
       created. The directory should be specified with an absolute path.

NOTES

       Creating a chroot environment is a terribly non-portable thing to do and therefore you may
       experience problems with missing libraries and system files.  For more information see the
       FAQ and the README.  If you have to install libraries or perform actions  not  covered  by
       cvsd-buildroot please report your findings to <cvsd-users@lists.arthurdejong.org>.

       Rerunning  cvsd-buildroot  after  you  have  created  your repository is advised since the
       repositories are checked for references to userid's and lockfile directories.

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