Re: problem with lock file when committing file

[Julian Opificius]

Larry Jones wrote:
> Julian Opificius writes:
>
> > 6. I try to to check in changed file, and get ...
> > cvs [commit aborted]: could not open lock file 
> > "`/usr/local/cvsroot/JPL069/PL069/FPGA/PL069_V01/,arinc_interface.vhd,': 
> > Permission denied"
> > Which is a real problem, because I have CVS server configured to put log 
> > files in /var/log/cvs, not /usr/local/cvsroot.
>
>
> That message is more than a bit misleading -- the file is question is
> *not* a CVS lock file, it's the new RCS file (which acts as an RCS lock
> file, thus the message).  You don't have write permission in the
> repository directory you're trying to checkin to.

Aha. Yes, more than a bit misleading, but I understand what you're saying.

But I do have rights. The directory perms look just like that of any 
other directory.

julian