Re: Stopping people adding files

[Derek R. Price]

If you can set up the UNIX permissions to allow such without CVS, then yes, it 
is possible.  You'll probably need to set LockDir in the config file.

Derek

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John Scott - Outlook wrote:

> I would like to stop developers adding new files and directories to the
> repository. I only want one user ID (mine) to be allowed to add
> files/directories to the repository - once I have vetted the names and
> reason why a new file is being created.
>
> Is it possible to make "cvs add" fail baseed on user ID?
>
> I am using pserver mode of operation.
>
> Regards
>
> John Scott
> Senior Middleware Technical Specialist
> IS Enterprise Services
> Argos Ltd
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