simply:
that's what i use with katoob
export CVSROOT=":pserver:sameer at cvs dot arabeyes dot org:/srv/cvs"
cvs login
"no need to login again r to set the cvsroot if you are working from the checkedout directory"
cvs co projects/katoob
to checkout a tagged version cvs co -r TAG_NAME projects/katoob
to commit: cvs commit
> PS: I am using RedHat8. Mozilla is the only application that shows arabic phoenix here!