Re: cvs checkout error

[Larry Jones]

Dave Hunter writes:
> 
> Hi group, this is my first day with CVS. I installed and imported no 
> problem on HP-UX 10.2, but I'm having problems checking out the dir I 
> cehcked. I imported using root, and I'm trying to checkout as a 
> reuslar user. 
> 
> zquah00x-354 > cvs checkout
> cvs checkout: Sorry, you don't have sufficient access to /CVSROOT/CAT
> cvs [checkout aborted]: /CVSROOT/CAT/CVSROOT: No such file or directory
> zquah00x-355 >

You need to tell checkout *what* to checkout (i.e., a module or
directory name), and you need to do the checkout in a directory where
you have permission to create files and directories, *NOT* inside the
repository (which is what it looks like you tried to do).

-Larry Jones

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that this would amuse me. -- Calvin