Re: cvs commit: cannot change mode of file upload.php3: Operation not permitted

[Eric Siegerman]

Just a guess, but perhaps CVS is trying to remove write
permission from the upload.php3 file in your sandbox.  It would
do this if you had CVS_READ set in your environment; or, I
gather, if you're using watches.

On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 04:30:43PM -0500, Brian Hughes wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I don't understand what is happening here.  I get:
> 
> /usr/local/cvsrepos/leda/httpd/deposit/upload.php3,v  <--  upload.php3
> new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
> done
> cvs commit: cannot change mode of file upload.php3: Operation not permitted
> cvs commit: cannot change mode of file upload.php3: Operation not permitted
> 
> when I commit upload.php3 (and the commit itself works).
> 
> The file permissions are
> 
> -rwxrwxr-x    1 root     Leda         4854 Mar 29 16:14 upload.php3
> 
> I am not root, but I belong to the Leda group and the cvs group.  The RCS 
> file in the repository is:
> 
> -rwxrwxr-x    1 bhughes  cvs          6157 Mar 29 16:14 upload.php3,v
> 
> I thought it had to do with the ownership of the RCS file in the 
> repository, but that isn't it...I think.  I don't even see what CVS is 
> failing to do, much less why it is failing!
> 
> Any explanation would be very welcome!
> 
> - Brian Hughes
> 
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