cvsroot & file permissions ???

[Michael D. Schleif]

OK, I've installed cvs:

# cvs -v
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.1p1 (client/server)

I created a repository while I was root (I know, bad) and, as root, I do
not have problems - doh!

Starting to use it as a mortal user, I'm having problems with
directory/file permissions and I cannot find my issues in man cvs, info
cvs nor a cursory search via google.

Should I have overlooked a good faq list, please point me to it ;>

What group, mode and owner be for the special files in $CVSROOR/CVSROOT?

I kept seeing "cannot write to history file", until I changed history to
666 ;<  Of course, my user is a member of group staff.

I am also having problems understanding required group, mode and owner
permissions for directories under modules?

What are the preferred methods for dealing with these issues?

# ls -al ./CVSROOT/
total 152
drwxrwsr-x    3 root     staff        4096 Jul 16 11:33 .
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         493 Jul 15 21:00 .#checkoutlist
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         760 Jul 15 21:00 .#commitinfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         527 Jul 15 21:00 .#config
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         753 Jul 15 21:00 .#cvswrappers
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1025 Jul 15 21:00 .#editinfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1141 Jul 15 21:00 .#loginfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1151 Jul 15 21:00 .#modules
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         564 Jul 15 21:00 .#notify
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         649 Jul 15 21:00 .#rcsinfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         879 Jul 15 21:00 .#taginfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1026 Jul 15 21:00 .#verifymsg
drwxrwsr-x    4 root     staff        4096 Jul 16 10:06 ..
drwxrwsr-x    2 root     staff        4096 Jul 15 21:00 Emptydir
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         493 Jul 16 11:33 checkoutlist
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         692 Jul 15 21:00 checkoutlist,v
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         760 Jul 16 11:33 commitinfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         959 Jul 15 21:00 commitinfo,v
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         529 Jul 16 11:33 config
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         956 Jul 16 11:33 config,v
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         753 Jul 16 11:33 cvswrappers
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         952 Jul 15 21:00 cvswrappers,v
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1025 Jul 16 11:33 editinfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1224 Jul 15 21:00 editinfo,v
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     staff        2425 Jul 16 11:49 history
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1141 Jul 16 11:33 loginfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1340 Jul 15 21:00 loginfo,v
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1151 Jul 16 11:33 modules
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1350 Jul 15 21:00 modules,v
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         564 Jul 16 11:33 notify
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         763 Jul 15 21:00 notify,v
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         649 Jul 16 11:33 rcsinfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         848 Jul 15 21:00 rcsinfo,v
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff         879 Jul 16 11:33 taginfo
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1078 Jul 15 21:00 taginfo,v
-rw-rw-r--    1 root     staff          22 Jul 16 10:32 val-tags
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1026 Jul 16 11:33 verifymsg
-r--r--r--    1 root     staff        1225 Jul 15 21:00 verifymsg,v

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