External CAIDA CVS with ccvssh

• First, you need to install the ccvssh program:
  • download via http://www.caida.org/home/how-to/ccvssh/download/ccvssh-0.9.1-caida.tgz
  • tar xzf ccvssh-0.9.1-caida.tgz
  • cd ccvssh-0.9.1
  • ./configure --prefix=/some/dir/you/can/write/to
  • make
  • make install

OR

• Download binary:
  • FreeBSD 5: ccvssh.binary.freebsd5.tgz
  • Linux: ccvssh.binary.linux.tgz
  • Ubuntu/Linux: ccvssh.binary.ubuntu.gz
  • Linux (login-linux.sdsc.edu): ccvssh.binary.login-linux.sdsc.edu.tgz
  • Solaris: ccvssh.binary.solaris.tgz
  • Cygwin/Windows: ccvssh.binary.cygwin.tgz
  • OS/X: ccvssh.binary.macosx.tgz
• Extract into where you want it
  • cd /some/dir/you/can/write/to
  • tar xzf /path/to/file/you/downloaded.tgz

Then

• Add ccvssh to your path ( assuming bash shell ):
  • export PATH=/path/you/installed/into:${PATH}
• Next, set the appropriate environmental variables ( replacing USER with your username as provided by us ):
  • export CVSROOT=:ext:USER@cvs.caida.org:/cvs
  • export CVS_RSH=ccvssh
• Next, login to the system via ccvssh ( only needed once ):
  • ccvssh login ( and type your password when prompted )
• Now use cvs as you normally would.
  • cvs co some/module