Re: (newbie) Which is the actual cvsroot?/remote repository access

[Larry Jones]

Mazza, Glen R., ,CPMS writes:
> 
> 1.) Using Linux (Redhat 8.0) I set up a cvs repository at
> /usr/local/cvsroot.  That created a subdirectory named CVSROOT underneath
> it.  Now, whenever a command requests "the path to CVS root" (e.g., in
> setting up xinetd pserver service, checkout/update commands, etc.)--I'm
> confused which directory CVS considers as the root:  /usr/local/cvsroot or
> /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT?

/usr/local/cvsroot.  CVSROOT is a top-level module in the repository
where CVS stores its administrative files that is created automagically
when you initialize the repository.  Other than the automagic creation,
it's no different than any other top-level module.

> 2.) Also, in trying to access a Linux CVS server from Windows NT, do I need
> WinCVS or another CVS client on my NT machine if using pserver
> authentication?  (I would like to do CVS commands using Ant--I installed
> WinCVS, but I think WinCVS may be unnecessary for my purposes.)

Yes, you need some kind of CVS client.

-Larry Jones

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