# CVS Checkout Wizard: CVS Root

The CVS Root panel of the CVS Checkout wizard enables you to specify the CVS root path for your CVS repository when checking out files from the repository.

When checking out files from a repository, you need to specify the location of the repository as defined by the CVS root.

The following parameters can be specified:

Element | Description
--- | ---
CVS root | Select a CVS root type and location from the drop-down list. The drop-down list contains a list of previous CVS root locations used in the IDE. If no CVS root locations are provided from the drop-down list, you need to supply the CVS root type. You can enter the information directly into the text field, or click the Edit button to open the Edit CVS Root dialog box.
Password | Enter the password for the user to access the repository.
Proxy configuration | Click the Proxy configuration button to specify details of your proxy configuration to connect to the CVS repository.

The IDE directly supports the following CVS root types:

Element | Description
--- | ---
pserver | For connecting to pserver repositories. `:pserver:username@hostname:/repository_path`
ext | For connecting to CVS repositories using SSH, etc. `:ext:username@hostname:/repository_path`

The following root types require an external CVS executable:

Element | Description
--- | ---
fork | For protocol access to local CVS repository `:fork:/repository_path`
local | For direct access to local CVS repository `:local:/repository_path`

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