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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: file sharing semantics
From: |
Cameron Patrick |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: file sharing semantics |
Date: |
Sat, 7 Feb 2004 05:45:05 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.5.4i |
Neal D. Becker wrote:
| 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.
Yes. But if you have write access to the directory you can rename the
file, write a new file with the original file name (which you now own),
and delete the old file.
Cameron.
- [Gnu-arch-users] file sharing semantics, Neal D. Becker, 2004/02/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] file sharing semantics, Charles Duffy, 2004/02/06
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: file sharing semantics, Neal D. Becker, 2004/02/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: file sharing semantics, Rob Weir, 2004/02/07
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: file sharing semantics, Neal Becker, 2004/02/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: file sharing semantics, Colin Fox, 2004/02/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: file sharing semantics, Rob Weir, 2004/02/08
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: file sharing semantics, Johannes Berg, 2004/02/08
[Gnu-arch-users] Re: file sharing semantics, Stefan Monnier, 2004/02/06