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Re: flexible password file location


From: E B
Subject: Re: flexible password file location
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 06:40:07 +0000 (GMT)

 --- E B <address@hidden> wrote: >  --- Larry
Jones <address@hidden> wrote: >
> =?iso-8859-1?q?E=20B?= writes:
> > > 
> > > 1. Can passwd be supplied using any mechanism
> > > other than ~/.cvspass
> > 
> > As of CVS 1.11.1, you can specify the password in
> > the CVSROOT:
> > 
> >     :pserver:user:address@hidden/cvsroot
> > 
> > but it's not recommended.
> 
> 
> My current client is 1.10.5 and doesnt support this.
> Any idea if wincvs 1.2/1.3 has this 1.11.1 client?
> btw, why is it not recommended? The reason I am
> asking
> this is, the command cvs login expects password
> strictly from stdin (like the passwd command).
> Btw, how does Ant get away with this?
> 


I had a look at the Ant source. They do not use
'cvs login' to add an entry to the .cvspass. Instead
they are adding it themselves. How reliable is this?
Probably I can also do this.

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