diff --git a/CVSROOT/checkoutlist b/CVSROOT/checkoutlist
index b04b3501f5e..15d6b76b101 100644
--- a/CVSROOT/checkoutlist
+++ b/CVSROOT/checkoutlist
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@
 #	[<whitespace>]<filename><whitespace><error message><end-of-line>
 #
 # comment lines begin with '#'
+passwd
+readers
diff --git a/CVSROOT/passwd b/CVSROOT/passwd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5224ce2b5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CVSROOT/passwd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+friedman%netscape.com:eyXRDOnq4TplQ:cvsadm
diff --git a/CVSROOT/readers b/CVSROOT/readers
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d