Re: read-only CVS; selective check-in permissions

[Mark E. Hamilton]

Marcel Stör wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Would it be possible to put CVS into read-only mode for a short period of
> time i.e. switch on/off "a check-in allowed button"? Can I temporarilly lock
> out certain users or lock-out all users and selectively grant check-in
> permissions?
>
> I'd be happy to get some guidelines as for how to achieve this. Thanks.

The quickest way I've found to do this (if you have administrator access 
to the repository) is to add this line to the CVSROOT/commitinfo file:

ALL /bin/false

This will disallow all check-ins to the repository. When you're done, 
remove this line. (Note that you should not commit this change but 
simply edit the file directly.) This does not prevent adding of a 
directory, however; I'm not sure if anything can prevent this in 1.11.

For more precise control of commit access, see this:

http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ#How_can_I_deny_a_commit_action_in_the_main_branch_.28trunk.29_for_some_specific_users_or_groups.3F

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Mark E. Hamilton
Orion International Technologies, Inc.
Sandia National Laboratory, NM.
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