NAME

VCS::LibCVS::Client::Connection::CvsPass - A ~/.cvspass file.

SYNOPSIS

  my $cvspass = VCS::LibCVS::Client::Connection::CvsPass->new();
  my $password = $cvspass->get_password($root);

DESCRIPTION

A ~/.cvspass file. This file contains the trivially encoded passwords used by the CVS pserver authentication system. This interface provides access to the passwords.

CLASS ROUTINES

new()

$cvspass = VCS::LibCVS::Client::Connection::CvsPass->new();

return type: VCS::LibCVS::Client::CvsPass

Return a new CvsPass object, for the current user, found in their home directory.

INSTANCE ROUTINES

get_password()

$password = $cvspass$->get_password($root)

return type: scalar string

argument 1 type: VCS::LibCVS::Datum::Root

Retrieve the password for the indicated repository.

store_password()

$cvspass$->store_password($root, $password)

return type: undef

argument 1 type: VCS::LibCVS::Datum::Root

argument 2 type: scalar string

The scrambled password.

Store a password for the repository. The password must be scrambled using the pserver scrambling technique. See VCS::LibCVS::Client::Connection::Pserver::pserver_scramble() for details.

SEE ALSO

  VCS::LibCVS::Client::Connection::Pserver