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<h1 class="Head">Add CVS Repository wizard</h1>
<p class="Para">This wizard helps you create a repository location.</p>
<p class="Para">Here is what the New CVS Repository Location wizard looks like:</p>
<p class="Para"><img align="top" border="0" src="../images/Image249_repo_wiz.png" alt="Repositories View"></p>
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<h2 class="Head">Fields</h2>
<p class="Head">The following are the editable fields for a new CVS repository location:</p>
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<p class="Para">Option</p>
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<p class="Para">Description</p>
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<p class="Para">Default</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Host</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">The address of the host (e.g., "hostmachine.com").</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">&lt;blank&gt;</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Repository Path</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">The path to the repository on the host (e.g., "/x/y/z",
"d:/myrepo").</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">&lt;blank&gt;</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">User Name</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">The user name under which you want to connect to the
server.</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">&lt;blank&gt;</td>
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<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Password</td>
<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">The password required for the above user name to access the above
host.</td>
<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">&lt;blank&gt;</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Connection Type</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">The type of CVS connection for the repository, either
"pserver", "extssh", "pserverssh2" or "ext".</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">pserver</td>
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<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Port</td>
<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Option to use a custom port for the connection.</td>
<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Use Default Port</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Validate connection on finish</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Check this option if you want to attempt a connection
to the host upon completion of the wizard to validate that the entered information is correct. If this option
is not enabled, you will not know whether the information entered is correct until you try to access the
contents of a repository for the first time.</td>
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<p class="Para">On</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Save Password</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Check this option if you want the password to be saved
between sessions. To persist login credentials in a safe, encrypted form <a href=
"../reference/ref-securestorage-start.htm">Secure Storage</a> is used.</td>
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<p class="Para">Off</p>
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<h3 class="related">Related reference</h3><a href="ref-32.htm">CVS Repositories View</a><br>
<a href="../reference/ref-securestorage-start.htm">Secure Storage</a><br>
<a href="../reference/ref-securestorage-prefs.htm">Secure storage preference page</a>
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