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-To view the code development history of LON-CAPA, you can access a web version -of our CVS respository. Otherwise, please contact Guy Albertelli (albertel@msu.edu) to request a -CVS USERNAME. -

-

-The initial CVS commands would be: -

-
- - + +
-
-export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@zaphod.lite.msu.edu:/home/cvs 
-cvs login 
+Access to the CVS repository of LON-CAPA is available by
+  
    +
  • + web +
  • +
  • + CVS command line tools -- submit a help request to the MSU LON-CAPA group to request a CVS USERNAME. +

    The initial CVS commands would be:

    +
    + + +
    +
    +export CVS_RSH=ssh
    +export CVSROOT=:ext:USERNAME@source.lon-capa.org:/home/cvs 
     cvs co loncapa
    -
    -
    -
    +
+
+
+

+ You will be prompted to enter your password each time you issue a cvs command.
+ A solution to this is to use +

+        ssh-keygen -t dsa
+        
+ to generate public and private keys in ~/.ssh/ +
+ Send the public key (id_dsa.pub) to helpdesk@lon-capa.org so it can be added to the appropriate authorized_keys file on source.lon-capa.org +

+

+ For more information on using CVS, please visit + http://www.cvshome.org/ + or read loncom/build/readme.html after downloading + the current version of LON-CAPA as described above. +

+ + +

-For more information on using CVS, please visit -http://www.cvshome.org/ -or read loncom/build/readme.html after downloading -the current version of LON-CAPA as described above. + Additionally, the IRC channel #loncapa on freenode.net often contains a few lon-capa developers willing to help out.

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