Re: Write permissions on files

[Eric Siegerman]

There are a number of other reasons this can happen:
  - -r on the command line
  - .cvsrc (or perhaps other cvsrc'ish files?)
  - CVSREAD environment variable
  - some global option in CVSROOT/config, I think

For more info:
  - see the section "File Permissions" in the CVS manual
  - search the list archives, especially for "CVSREAD"; this has
    been discussed before

Note that as soon as you define the CVSREAD environment variable,
you'll get read-only files.  The value is *ignored*; the mere
fact that CVSREAD is present in the environment at all is what
matters.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 04:08:26PM -0400, Danial Islam wrote:
> No, I am not applying any watch on these files. Just the usual pserver stuff.
> 
> Danial.
> 
> address@hidden wrote:
> 
> > > Danial Islam writes:
> > > >
> > > > Instead of performing a "chmod +w filename.c" on each file you want to
> > > > edit, is it possible to have write permissions set automatically on a
> > > > checkout or update?
> > >
> > > It's not only possible, that's the way it's supposed to work!  You must
> > > be doing something special to get read-only files.
> > >
> > If there was a "cvs watch on" applying to those files, wouldn't they
> > be checked out or updated read-only?  If this was being done on these
> > files, then presumably "cvs edit" would be the way to make them
> > writable, not "chmod +w".
> >
> > If "cvs edit" is being used, then it should be used; otherwise, try
> > "cvs watch off" at top level.
> >
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