Repository Access
Repository path format is as follows:
[:method:][[[user][:password]@] hostname[:[port]]]/path
Access methods can be any of the following:
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ext
Connection through external rsh or rsh-like program
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fork
Client/server mode on local computer
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gserver
Connection through the GSS-API and Kerberos 5
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local
Local computer, no client/server mode
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pserver
Connection through password server
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kserver
Connection through Kerberos 4
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server
Connection through internal rsh server
Key environment variables relating to repository access are:
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CVS_RSH
Specifies rsh-like executable
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CVSROOT
Specifies repository path
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