Creating CVS users
To create CVS users to access the files in the repository, do these steps:
| Open a Windows command prompt.
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| Set the cvsroot environment variable with the following command:
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set cvsroot=:pserver:cvsadmin@KCWC17C.itsosj.sanjose.ibm.com:/rep7672
Where KCWC17C.itsosj.sanjose.ibm.com is the host.name of the CVS server and /rep7672 is the directory the repository is located on the host machine.
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Note: The full host.name must be specified; localhost does not work. To find the host name of a machine, right-click the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop, select Properties, and select the Computer Name tab. The full computer name is shown on this page.
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| Log on to the CVS repository machine to manage the users, using the following command:
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cvs login cvsadmin
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| You are prompted to enter the CVS password.
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Enter the password for the cvsadmin user created in Creating the Windows users and groups used by CVS.
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| Enter the following CVS commands to add users:
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cvs passwd -a -r cvsadmin <cvs-user-id>
cvs passwd -a is the command to add a new user and password, or change a password if that user already exists.
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<cvs-user-id> is the user ID to be added.
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For example, to add user cvsuser1, enter the following command:
cvs passwd -a -r cvsadmin cvsuser1
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Note: The first occurrence of a user being added creates the file passwd in the directory, c:\rep7672\CVSROOT. The new user is appended to this file. We recommend that this file not be edited directly by a text editor. It also must not be placed under CVS control.
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| A prompt opens to enter the password:
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Adding user cvsuser1@KCWC17C.itsosj.sanjose.ibm.com
New password: ********
Verify password: ********
Note that the user ID and password created are completely specific to the CVS repository and are unrelated to the windows user ID and password.
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| Repeat the previous step for an additional CVS user: cvsuser2. We need two users for the example.
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| Provide the development team members their CVS account information, host.name, and connection type to the CVS server, so that they can establish a connection from RAD v7.5. For example:
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Account info: Developer CVS user ID (for example, cvsuser1)
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CVS server host.name: (for example, KCWC17C.itsosj.sanjose.ibm.com)
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Connection type: pserver
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Password: <password>
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Repository path: /rep7672
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Any subsequent changes to the users or passwords must be done by the administrator using the same commands.