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Document the fact that .cvspass might have to be created (as

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an empty file) before 'cvs login' works.
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&man.cvs.1; command to access it like any local
repository.</para>
<note>
<para>The <command>cvs login</command> command, stores the passwords
that are used for authenticating to the CVS server in a file
called <filename>.cvspass</filename> in your
<literal>HOME</literal> directory. If this file doesn't exist,
you might get an error when trying to use <command>cvs
login</command> for the first time. Just make an empty
<filename>.cvspass</filename> file, and retry to login.</para>
</note>
<para>While it can also be said that the <link
linkend="cvsup">CVSup</link> and <emphasis>anoncvs</emphasis>
services both perform essentially the same function, there are