Hmmm - I suspect my question was misunderstood, so I shall ask it differently.
If I edit the file CVS/Root for a given working directory, are there any other
dependencies to be aware of, or is this just like setting the CVSROOT env var,
except with a higher priority?
Could I delete the CVS directory tree in a given working directory, then `cvs
login` to a different (or the same) server to correctly rebuild the CVS
directory tree, pointing to the new server?
/|/|ike
Chris Palmer wrote:
> Your password isn't saved there, nor is the access method.
> it just tracks the server/directories. You might already
> have more info stored in your environment variables, if you
> tend to use just a single single repository all of the time.
>
> Obscurity isn't security, so if you choose to make sure
> that your repository location is not know, you should also
> know that it WON'T be any safer by trying to hide them.
> Security is maintained via authentication and access control.
>
> Actually, you might be more concerned with the existence of
> the $HOME/.cvspass file (or whatever it's called), because
> that actually does store passwords for repositories. I think
> it only applies to pserver access, where you login to the cvs
> server to get access.
>
> -Chris
>
> Mike Ayers wrote
>
>>Larry Jones wrote:
>>
>> > When you check out a directory, CVS remembers the CVSROOT and uses it
>> > for all subsequent operations in that directory. (This makes life much
>> > simpler for those of us who use multiple repositories.) What you need
>> > to do is to edit that saved CVSROOT (in CVS/Root) to have the correct
>> > username.
>>
>> Is this generally safe? Is it possible to delete CVS/* in a directory and do
>a
>>`cvs update -d [CVSROOT]` to redirect CVSROOT?
>>
>>
>>/|/|ike
>>
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