Look for a env variable $HOME set.  That is where the .cvspass
file should be put.

donald
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:18:24AM +0100, Wolfgang Mettbach wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Mark D. Baushke wrote:
> > Ronald Petty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> >> Could someone explain the difference between using :ext: (with
> >> CVS_RSH=ssh) over using pserver and having tcpwrapper listen on 2401?
> >> ...
> > ...
> > With pserver, your password is kept in a trivially obscured token in a
> > $HOME/.cvspass file and sent over the network in the clear. Once you
> 
> The file ".cvspass" seems to be created on Linux systems only. When I use
> WinCVS running on "MS Bluescreen" to connect to a pserver I can't find any
> file like ".cvspass" anywhere on my harddisks.
> 
> Does WinCVS store the password at all or does it just keep it in memory? What
> about other IDEs like Eclipse? Has anyone experience with this concerning
> password management?
> 
> 
> 
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