Re: Checkout Problem

[Joseph Sottnik]

Never mind - I found the references to the -f flag and $HOME settings that
are required. I'm up and running now!

Joe

"Joseph Sottnik" <address@hidden> wrote in message
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> I'm a newbie to CVS. CVS is on a linux box. My source code is VB on a
> Win98SE machine.
>
> I was able to import my source into CVS, but I am unable to checkout that
> same source. Here's the error I get in WinCVS:
>
> cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
> cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied
>
> I suspect this is a permission problem somewhere on the linux box, but I
> don't know why cvs is trying to get to the /root directory.
>
> Any guidance would be appreciated!
>
> Joe
>
>