August 2000
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816 pages
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Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition
by Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins
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CVS User Reference
This section provides details on connecting to a repository, the structure of sandboxes, and using the CVS commands.
Repository Locators
CVS currently supports five methods for the client to access the repository: local, external, a password server, a GSS-API (Generic Security Services API) server, and a Kerberos 4 server (most Kerberos users will want to use GSS-API). Table 14.12 describes the various repository locator types and their respective access methods.
Table 14-12. Repository Access Types and Methods
|
Method |
Locator Format |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Local |
|
If the repository directory is local to the computer from which you
will access it (or appears local, such as an NFS or Samba mounted
filesystem), the repository string is just the pathname of the
repository directory, such as |
|
External |
|
External repositories are accessed via a remote shell utility, usually
rsh (the default) or ssh. The
environment variable |
|
Password server |
|
Password server repositories require authentication to a user account before allowing use of the repository. Public CVS servers are commonly configured this way so they can provide anonymous CVS access. See Section 14.3.3.11, earlier in this chapter, for more information on anonymous CVS. |
|
GSS-API server |
|
This locator type is used for servers accessible via Kerberos 5 or other authentication ... |
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