and when i set my email (replacing ext:pfrields cvs fedora redhat com) in ~/.bashrc it takes ages with no output before returning: [root localhost adam_laura]# cvs co docs-common ssh: connect to host hotmail.co.uk port 22: Connection timed out cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any) The content of ~./bashrc is this: # .bashrc export CVSROOT=:ext:journo_bouy hotmail co uk:/cvs/docs export CVS_RSH=ssh
What is your Fedora accounts name? That is the only part of the original CVSROOT example that you should touch: export CVSROOT=:ext:<YOUR_ACCOUNT_HERE>@cvs.fedora.redhat.com:/cvs/docs I did a quick check (may not have been in the right place, though) and didn't see "journo_bouy" or "manix" as a Fedora account.