[Gnu-arch-users] Re: file sharing semantics

[Neal D. Becker]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> I just tried to edit a file owned by someone else, and cvs won't let me
>> commit.
> 
> I suspect there's a misunderstanding: CVS only needs to be able to read
> the RCS file, so ownership is irrelevant a long as the access right
> are sufficient.  As for committing, you need write access to the directory
> (but you don't need write access to the RCS file).

This doesn't seem to be true.  You cannot change a file you don't own.  You
can, however, rename it if you have write access to the directory.