Re: Permissions error

[Jim Hyslop]

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Riedel, Brian wrote:
> $ cvs -d :pserver:<user name>@<host>:<CVS location> checkout CVSROOT
> cvs server: Updating CVSROOT
> cvs server: failed to create lock directory for
> `/development/cvsroot/CVSROOT' (<CVS Location>/CVSROOT/#cvs.lock):
> Permission denied
> cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `<CVS
> Location>/CVSROOT'
> cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up

OK, I have to ask the obvious, since you haven't stated it:

Have you checked the permissions on the directories mentioned in the
error message, and does 'user name' have write access to those directories?

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Jim Hyslop
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