using rsh without password

[detoolman]

I am setting up a cvs repository on a remote machine on a private
network.  I am not concerned with security, however i want access to be
simple.  I decided to use rsh and have set up the .rhosts and
hosts.equiv files.  I can use rsh commands between machines without
passwords, however when trying to retrieve files using cvs commands i
am always prompted for a password.  Does anyone know what i could be
missing?  Maybe i should use a different method?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks