Re: file permissions when adding directories via pserver

[Larry Jones]

Matt Munz writes:
> 
>     When a user logs in to cvs via pserver and adds a directory, what
> determines the file permissions of that
> directory?  What determines the ownership, read, and write settings,
> etc.?

The operating system.  On BSD Unix (where CVS grew up), the directory
would inherit the ownership and permissions of its parent directory.  On
AT&T Unix, it would be owned by the user that created it and have
his/her default permissions.  On Linux (and other hybrid systems), you
get AT&T behavior by default, but can get BSD behavior by setting the
sgid bit on the parent directory.

-Larry Jones

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