I have the passwordless setup and can login to common-lisp.net without problems (I get on 'tiger'). Howver, I have not been able to commit. This is the error I get.
marcoxa$ cvs commit cvs commit: Examining . cvs commit: Examining debian cvs commit: Examining docs ssh: connect to host cvs.sourceforge.net port 22: Connection refused cvs [commit aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)