Re: File group attribute after cvs tagging (for users belongs to two groups)

[Aaron Bono]

I would like to know if you can set the permissions whenever a file is added to the repository.  Right now I have CVS set up so every user operation runs under the user 'cvs'.  I found that if I let it run as the user who is adding/checking in a file it sets the file ownership to their account and then other developers could not make changes.

Is there a reference page on how CVS handles its file permissions on check in, check out, add or tagging?

On 9/10/06, he yu <address@hidden
> wrote:

Hi, Kevin,

Thanks for your reply.

How about if I would like to make this happen automatically when every time
after tagging?

For not every users to this cvs server have the priviledge to logon to the
UNIX machins to change the group for the modules.

Thanks in advance.

>From: "Bulgrien, Kevin" <address@hidden>
>To: 'he yu' <address@hidden >, "'address@hidden'"
<address@hidden>
>Subject: RE: File group attribute after cvs tagging (for users belongs
>to
two groups)
>Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:46:28 -0400
>
> > A user's primary is a, and he is also added to the group b in UNIX
> > system.
> >
> > Here's a CVS project A with group attribute a and CVS project B with
> > group attribute b.
> >
> > This person works in both projects. When he make tag in project B,
> > his primary group a is applied to all the files he has tagged in
> > project B so
> > that cause problem for the other person works in project B.
> >
> > How could I resolve this problem?
>
>In the CVS repository, modify the permissions of the directories
>(modules) and all files and directories under that module directory.
>The repository directory permissions can be used to control the group
>ownership of files in the directory.  You will have to set the group
>ownership of the project directories in the repository and they have to
>be SetGID so that newly created files are created with the same group
>permissions as the directory they are created in.
>
>For example:
>
>   chgrp -R b /path/to/repository/module
>   chmod g+s /path/to/repository/module
>
>If the project contains subdirectories, you will need to change the
>group permissions of each subdirectory.  The following is an example.
>
>   for dir in $(find /path/to/repository/module -type d)
>   do
>     chmod g+s "${dir}"
>   done
>
>The above assumes that the entire project (module) has the same group
>permissions.  Of course, you can customize each module or submodule as
>needed.  Do the same with the a project, but make the directories owned
>by the group a instead of b.

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