Re: CVS authentication

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On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:37:43AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 
> 
> I know SSH can do authentication without the need to enter a password. Could
> this be done for CVS as well? I'm getting nerved by always having to enter the
> password for each cvs command.

Huh? I never have to type the password after having done a cvs login once for
a tree. cvs login saves the password in ~/.cvspass

If you go over ssh, you can generate a public key (ssh-keygen) and then post
it (~/.ssh/identity.pub) to your account maintenance page 
(https://sourceforge.net/account/ when logged in)
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