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Options::CVS Manager

button -- Adds or create a new CVS Account. The newly created account name is added to the dropdown list on the left.

button -- Removes the currently selected account in the dropdown list on the left.

Authentication: -- This is a dropdown list, from where the user can select a proper protocol,i.e, local, pserver or ext(used for SSH or RSH) for CVS setup.

Server/IP: -- This is text box where the IP address or the host name of the server is set.

Port: -- This text box specifies the port number of the CVS server. To use the default port this can be left blank.

Repository: -- Contains the remote directory specification for the CVS repository

Username: -- Specifies the username to login to the server with.

Password: -- Use this text control to specify the matching password for the given user, not needed when using "local" or "ext" type connections.

Local Directory: -- Sets the local directory, where all the downloaded files or directories are saved or stored. The button is used to browse through the directory to set the path.

CVS Binary: -- Specifies the path to the CVS binary. The button is used to browse through the directories to set the path to the CVS application. If the binary is located in a directory specified by the PATH environment variable it is not necessary to include the full path to the binary, only the name of the executable.

To use SSH for connections to CVS:

There are some extra steps needed to use SSH to connect the CVS server. You will need to install an SSH client that supports command-line tunnels, for example our in-house development team uses OpenSSH available from http://www.openssh.org/portable.html (for Windows please go to http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/)

Once the SSH client is installed you will need to add to the environment variables the following entry: CVS_RSH="path/to/ssh_binary"

Windows:
Right-click on "My Computer", select "Properties" from the menu.
Select the "Advanced" tab and then click on the button "Environment Variables"
Under "Environment variables for [username]" click on the button "New"
For the variable name enter "CVS_RSH"
For the value enter "C:\path\to\ssh.exe"
Click on "OK" to save the new variable
Continue clicking "OK" to exit all dialogs
Restart Workbench to re-read the environment

Linux:
Edit your ~/.bashrc file and add the following line
"export CVS_RSH=/path/to/ssh"
Save the file and re-login to have the X session read the new environment setup

Once these changes have been made to your environment you should be able to add your CVS accounts as type SSH and then when accessing the server a shell window will be created to allow you to enter your access password for the user specified.

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