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| <H1 class="Head">CVS Ext Connection Method</H1> |
| <P class="Para">The following preferences can be changed on the |
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| <strong>Team > CVS > Ext Connection Method</strong></a> |
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| preference page.</P> |
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| <TD width="150" align="left" valign="top">Use external program vs. Use internal |
| connection method </TD> |
| <TD width="650" align="left" valign="top">This page allows you to configure |
| the ext connection method to use an external program or another connection |
| method to to connect to a server. The later option is provided to allow |
| custom connection method such as extssh to remain compatible with external |
| CVS client tools.</TD> |
| <TD width="65" valign="top">Use external program</TD> |
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| <TD valign="top" align="left">CVS_RSH </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"> Use this option to configure the program that |
| will be called to connect to the remote CVS server. The RSH command is invoked |
| with following calling pattern: |
| <P><EM>CVS_RSH Parameters CVS_SERVER</EM></P></TD> |
| <TD valign="top">ssh </TD> |
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| <TD valign="top" align="left">Parameters </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"> Use this option to configure the parameters |
| passed to the CVS_RSH program. The default parameter pattern is {host} -l |
| {user}. It can be tailored using the {host}, {user}, {password} and {port} |
| variables.</TD> |
| <TD valign="top">-l {host} {user} </TD> |
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| <TD valign="top" align="left">CVS_SERVER </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to configure the name of the |
| remote CVS server program to run. Change this setting only if the remote |
| CVS server binary name is different than the default. </TD> |
| <TD valign="top">cvs </TD> |
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| <TD valign="top" align="left">Connection type</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to set the connection method |
| to be used for repository locations that use the ext connection method, |
| if the option to use another connection method is enabled.</TD> |
| <TD>pserver</TD> |
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| <p>Here is what the preference page looks like:</p> |
| <p><img alt="Ext Connection Method preference page" src="../images/cvs-ext.png"></p> |
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