misc/128683: CVS repo fails to check out because of permission denied error

[Code Monkey]

>Number:         128683
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       CVS repo fails to check out because of permission denied error
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 07 19:30:06 UTC 2008
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Code Monkey
>Release:        5.4
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>Environment:
Happens on any system
>Description:
Running the following on my side:

cvs -d freebsdanoncvs at anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs checkout -r RELENG_5_4 src

Error is:

cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot write /home/ncvs/CVSROOT/val-tags: Permission denied

Not a CVS expert but this sounds like a problem on the server, and it happens from linux client or freebsd.
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