Hank HOWTO - Use CVS Remotely via SSH

This document pertains to using CVS remotely, outside of the CS network.
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Overview

If you have an account on the cs.uiowa.edu network and wish to work on Hank at home, or on another networked computer, all you need is ssh. First, make sure you have ssh installed on the remote computer. Then, set the following environment variables on the remote computer (the one you'll eventually be working from):

setenv CVSROOT corn.cs.uiowa.edu:/space/hank/CVSRoot
setenv CVS_RSH ssh

The first environment variable sets the CVS root repository to be on corn and specified the root directory. Any machine within the CS department should work as well.

The second variable tells CVS to use ssh as opposed to rsh when contacting a remote CVS server. By using ssh you will be sending information securely across the networks.

That should be it. Once these variables are set, you can use CVS on the remote machine as described in the Local Setup Guide. To make your life simpler, you may want to learn about ssh-keygen, ssh-agent, and ssh-add.

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