Managing Connections to Remote Repositories

When you mount a CVS filesystem that is connected to a remote repository through a pserver connection, you provide all server settings in the CVS Mount wizard. After you first successfully log in to the server, your server settings and password are stored in the .cvspass file. These settings are then referenced every time you run a CVS command. When you log out of the server, the information is erased from the .cvspass file.

You can use the CVS Password Manager to manage the content of your .cvspass file. The CVS Password Manager lets you change your password, log out of current connections, and create new ones.

To modify or delete an existing connection:

  1. Choose Versioning CVS Password Manager from the main window.
  2. Select a connection from the list at the top of the dialog box.

To establish a new connection to a remote repository:

  1. Choose Versioning CVS Password Manager from the main window.
  2. Enter the server settings in the appropriate fields and click Login.
  3. Type your password in the Login dialog box and click Login.

    Once the IDE successfully logs in to the server, click Close. You must log in to the server for your connection information to be saved.

You can also access the connection information for a CVS filesystem by right-clicking its root node and choosing Customize. For CVS command-line filesystems, the server settings are located in the Profile tab of the Customizer. You can also right-click the filesystem's node and find the Login and Logout commands in the CVS commands submenu. For built-in client filesystems, server settings are located under the Server Settings tab of the filesystem's Customizer.
See also
Mounting a CVS Filesystem
CVS Mount Wizard
Reconfiguring a CVS Filesystem
CVS Filesystem Properties
Calling CVS Commands

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