CVS Import Permissions

[Duane Whitty]

david bryce wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am having some confusion regarding the way CVS works with permissions
> under unix when importing a new project. Currently, when I import a
> project, I get this sort of permissions on the project directory:
>
> drwxr-x---  2 jim   cvs   512 Jan 27 12:31 test_proj
>
> Notice that the group (cvs) is not granted write access. Is this the way
> it's supposed to work? Do I have to use chmod to grant write access to
> the group every time I do an import? Or is my CVS not configured 
> correctly?
>
> If I don't grant write access to the group on that directory, every 
> check in fails with a "could not open lock file
> `/usr/local/cvs/test_proj/,test.txt,': Permission denied". I tried
> setting the LockDir in the config file to a world-writable directory, 
> but this doesn't seem to solve the problem when trying to check-in. 
> Thank you!
>
> Regards,
>
> DB 
>   
Hi,

I highly recommend the following book.  It is available for viewing 
online or as a downloadble PDF

http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/

Best Regards,

--Duane Whitty
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duane at greenmeadow.ca