--- E B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Larry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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:password@host/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. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
