Re: How to only checkout files (not being able to commit)?

[Noel Yap]

--- Dusan Juhas <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I have a CVS folder which I don't want to be
> checkoutable (this has been
> > achieved simply by chmod the appropriate rights).
> However, it has a
> > subfolder which I do want people to be able to
> checkout/update from BUT
> > not
> > being able to commit to. Is this possible to do?
> 
> That's quite strange but possible, perhaps.
> You can add a line to the
> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitinfo like this:
> <pattern> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/<commitscript>

In response to the original poster, you cannot do this
with permissions since one would have to have access
to the subdirectory in order to check it out.

Why not create a separate module for the subdirectory?

Since many things can be missed when using scripts to
perform security functions, I think it's much better
to rely on the OS for such things.

> > I've tried using LockDir in CVSROOT but to no
> avail. I would like to be
> > able
> > to set permission per-user and per-file.

You can use file system ACLs (if you have them) to set
permissions per user (I just posted something on the
FAQ on how to do this).  Permissions are on a
per-directory basis, not on a per-file basis.

Noel


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