On what machine do I run the cvs commands?
Christopher Brooks, 17 Nov 2010
Last updated: 28 Jan 2011

Note that the cvs commands are run on your own machine, not on source.eecs.berkeley.edu. For security reasons, most logins on source.eecs are running in a restricted shell, so not much can be done on source.eecs. The idea behind CVS is that CVS copies a version of a source repository on source.eecs to your local machine. The cvs commands are run on your local machine, the only reason to log on to source.eecs.berkeley.edu is to change your password (using the passwd command or to set up using CVS without typing your password each time?