SourceForge.net CVS

Connection Information

A list of supported CVS clients and configuration information is provided in Recommended User Software Configuration.

As a reminder, only Open Source licensed software may be hosted on SourceForge.net provided services, including CVS.

The following configuration settings are used to access a SourceForge.net-hosted CVS repository:

• Hostname: PROJECTNAME.cvs.sourceforge.net (PROJECTNAME is the project's UNIX name)
• Port: 2401 (anonymous :pserver: authentication) or 22 (developer :ext: authentication via SSH)
• Protocol: :pserver: for anonymous CVS, or :ext: for developers (with SSH for external authentication; export CVS_RSH=ssh)
• Repository Path: /cvsroot/PROJECTNAME (PROJECTNAME is the project's UNIX name)
• Username: 'anonymous' for anonymous CVS access or your SourceForge.net username for developer CVS access.
• Password: There is no password for anonymous CVS access (just hit the enter key when prompted for one). You must generate a SSH key for developer authentication.

Firewalls and proxy servers may present a problem in using CVS. Workaround may be possible using this alternate configuration for developer (but not anonymous) access; contact your ISP or network administrator for assistance if you are having issues with anonymous or developer access and these workarounds do not function for your environment:

• Hostname: PROJECTNAME.cvs.sourceforge.net (PROJECTNAME is the project's UNIX name)
• Port: 443