Write access is available for all ASTRO-WISE members using the following commands

    setenv CVS_RSH ssh   (csh syntax)
    or
    CVS_RSH=ssh; export CVS_RSH   (sh syntax)

    cvs -d cvs.astro-wise.org:/cvsroot checkout <module>

and for others read-only access is available using the following commands

    cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.astro-wise.org:/cvsroot login (supply empty password)

    cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.astro-wise.org:/cvsroot checkout <module>

where module can be

• awhtml - for the webpages.
• opipe - for the pipeline.

    ssh-keygen -t dsa

You will be asked for a passphrase. This passphrase can be empty or, for additional security, a phrase. Make sure you remember the passphrase if you use one, because you will need it when authenticating yourself later.
If you are behind a firewall check that it does not block outgoing ssh connections.

The next step is to send the file called

    ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub

to danny@astro.rug.nl and wait for further instructions.

While waiting for instructions add the ssh-rsa public key for the cvs.astro-wise.org host to the file called

    ~/.ssh/known_hosts

Depending on the version of your secure shell you might have to add the key to a different file instead, e.g. ~/.ssh/known_hosts. In addition, ensure that your version of ssh uses the same protocol as cvs.astro-wise.org server. Under some circumstances you'll have to create or edit a file called ~/.ssh/config and add a line stating:

   Protocol 2

The ssh-rsa public key for cvs.astro-wise.org can be found here.
 
 

After checking out a module the next two cvs commands are most often used (there is a module called Demo on cvs.astro-wise.org that you can use to practice your cvs skills):

• cvs update
  
  This command will update the locally checked out version of the module. The local version is merged with the latest version in the cvs repository. Usually it is a good idea to use cvs update -d which will ensure that directories that have been added to the module in the repository are created. Without the -d option only the directories that currently exist in the locally checked out module will be updated.
  
  
• cvs commit
  
  This command will commit local changes to the cvs repository. You will be asked to supply an informational text, where you can enter e.g. what the reason for the change was. If used without options everything that was changed will be committed. If one or more files and/or directories are specified as arguments to cvs commit only those are committed.