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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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