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Synopsis: login

   * Alternate names - logon, lgn

   * Requires - Repository

   * Changes - ~/.cvspass file

Contacts a CVS server and confirms authentication information for a
particular repository.  This command does not affect either the working
copy or the repository; it just confirms a password (for use with the
:pserver: access method) with a repository and stores the password for
later use in the .cvspass file in your home directory.  Future commands
accessing the same repository with the same username will not require
you to rerun login, because the client-side CVS will just consult the
.cvspass file for the password.

If you use this command, you should specify a repository using the
pserver access method, like this

     floss$ cvs -d :pserver:jrandom@floss.red-bean.com:/usr/local/newrepos

or by setting the CVSROOT environment variable.

If the password changes on the server side, you have to rerun login.

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