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@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ permissions.
If a `no-interactive-login` command exists, then it is run and the
interactive shell is aborted.
-EXAMPLE
--------
+EXAMPLES
+--------
To disable interactive logins, displaying a greeting instead:
@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ EOF
$ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/no-interactive-login
----------------
+To enable git-cvsserver access (which should generally have the
+`no-interactive-login` example above as a prerequisite, as creating
+the git-shell-commands directory allows interactive logins):
+
+----------------
+$ cat >$HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs <<\EOF
+if ! test $# = 1 && test "$1" = "server"
+then
+ echo >&2 "git-cvsserver only handles \"server\""
+ exit 1
+fi
+exec git cvsserver server
+EOF
+$ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs
+----------------
+
SEE ALSO
--------
ssh(1),