CVS Repository Account

 

To manage course projects (e.g., to retrieve the code we provide for a project) you will need a special account named the "CVS repository account".  You can find your CVS repository account (and associated password) by accessing grades.cs.umd.edu and selecting "Receive Class Account".  Usually your account has the login id cs132XXX where XXX is a number.

 

In addition to your CVS repository account, you need to know the host computer and the CVS repository base directory.  This semester the host computer will be:

 

linuxlab.cs.umd.edu

 

and the CVS repository base directory will be:

 

/afs/csic/users/nelson/cmsc132Fall2008/

 

Notice that the Repository Path to use in Eclipse's "Add CVS Repository" dialog form will be:

 

/afs/csic/users/nelson/cmsc132Fall2008/cs132XXX

 

where cs132XXX is your CVS repository account.  Don't use cs132XXX as is an invalid account.

 

Things to Check If You Are Having Problems

• A common mistake while setting your repository is to forget to add your cs132XXX account login to the CVS repository base directory above.
• Select the "Save Password" option while setting the CVS repository.
• In some cases you need to actually type the password you retrieve from grades.cs.umd.edu (rather than just cut and paste).
• You must use "extssh" as connection type.

Please see the instructions provided in "Managing Projects" for further information.