Re: CVS help

[Larry Jones]

Paddy T writes:
> 
> My server version is 1.10.7.

Please upgrade (see www.cvshome.org) -- the current version has lots of
bug fixes and much better error messages if you continue to have
problems.

> There is an Emptydir/drivers/block with 
> ll_rw_blk.c,v  file in it.Should this file have r/w
> access for users in the group for them to be able to
> checkout?Now it has only read access for user,owner
> and group.Pls clarify.

As per its name, there shouldn't be any files or directories in Emptydir
-- it should be an empty directory.  You should find out who added that
directory and where they really expected it to be in the repository and
move it there.  (Once you do, anyone who has it checked out will have to
correct the CVS/Repository file in their working directory to match the
new location.)  CVS 1.11 won't permit creating files or directories in
Emptydir.

Read-only access on the file is correct, only the directories need to be
writable to allow checkout and checkin.  What are the permissions on the
Emptydir directory itself?  I suspect that users need rwx.

-Larry Jones

Girls are like slugs -- they probably serve some purpose, but
it's hard to imagine what. -- Calvin