On Saturday 31 May 2003 18:46, christopher j bottaro wrote: > On Saturday 31 May 2003 11:53 am, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > Are you using CVS over pserver or ssh? If it's over ssh, add a > > user on the system for "someone" and don't add them to the group > > that has write access to the cvs repository. > > i did that, i'm using cvs over ssh and i made an account for that > user. that account does not have write access to the module dir in > my cvsroot. but when i use that account to checkout the module, it > complains about not being able to create a directory lock in the > module directory: > > cvs server: failed to create lock directory for > `/shared/cvsroot//lordorean' (/shared/cvsroot//lordorean/#cvs.lock): > Permission denied > cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository > `/shared/cvsroot//lordorean' > cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up > > thanks for the help, > -- christopher
You can set up an alternative LockDir in $CVSROOT/config that'll have write permission for your read-only user. If you search the archives for "LockDir" at: http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/ you'll find a lot of discussion on this topic. Regards, Mike Klinke -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
