Remote CVS access

first check if the file ~/.cvspass exists and is readable
else create it with:

  touch ~/.cvspass

start the session by loggin in:

  cvs -d :pserser:user@server:$CVSROOT login

where:
pserver  is the connection method. pserver is the most used
user     is your username at the cvs server
server   is the DNS name or IP of the cvs server
$CVSROOT is the path on the server to the cvs

chdir to the location where you want the local copy, f.ex:

  cd ~/branch

update the local copy with the checkout command:

  cvs -d :pserser:user@server:$CVSROOT checkout branch

where:
branch   is the specific branch you're working on. Leave this out if you want a complete update of the repository

edit the files needed and send them to the cvs server with the commit command:

  cvs -d :pserser:user@server:$CVSROOT commit -m "comment" file

where:
comment  is a comment of your changes
file     is the file you want to update

need more info? look here:
http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs/doc/cvs_toc.html