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Re: CVSROOT history read/write permission error (on "cvs import")
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: CVSROOT history read/write permission error (on "cvs import") |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:55:42 -0400 (EDT) |
Dr Jaime V. Miro writes:
>
> According to HOWTO, import is executed as a normal user, whereas $CVROOT
> (under which the repository is installed) and files under have got
> root permissions only (o/g/u), which is the way it was installed.
> I can see why is giving me the permission error, but I did everything
> "by the book", or so I believe. I could manually change permissions to
> $CVSROOT and it might work, but I'd rather not. I am sure there is a
> reasonable explanation and solution.
HOWTO is wrong or you misunderstood it. See the manual:
<http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_2.html#SEC13>
Note that in $CVSROOT/CVSROOT, both the history file and the val-tags
file should be world writable.
-Larry Jones
Something COULD happen today. And if anything DOES,
by golly, I'm going to be ready for it! -- Calvin