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Should I start the cvsd program as the cvsd user?

April 26, 2017cvsd program user

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Should I start the cvsd program as the cvsd user?

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No. If the pserver is set up to be run in a chroot jail the cvsd program needs to be started as root. After the chroot() call cvsd changes uid to the one specified in the configuration file (probably cvsd).