RE: Controlling files

[Jim.Hyslop]

rakesh mailgroups wrote:
> is it possible to make certain files in CVS non-changeable?
> 
> So, for example, user A does a chack out but they cannot change
> certain files (build.xml, .classpath, .cvsignore, etc).
Seems to me you want to make these non-changeable only for specific users. 

> Does cvs natively support this? Do i have to be an administrator to do
> this or can anyone with cvs access do this for files they create??

Have a look at the cvs_acls script, in the contrib/ directory of the source
distribution. It should do what you want. You can get the source code from
www.cvshome.org

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )