Re: need help please.. new to cvs and having trouble with permissions

[Noel Yap]

--- fredes <address@hidden> wrote:
> Everything is working except for the fact that users
> and groups aren't
> working properly. For some reason if I check in a
> module using wincvs client
> the files become read-only and owned by that user
> and another user cant do
> anything. I'm afraid that I don't quite understand
> what's going on and
> really would love a helping hand! Im sure Ive setup
> the groups and users
> properly!
> 
> Can anyone enlighten me on cvs permissions?

It sounds like you're talking about the repo files
(rather than the sandbox files).

If you're using Unix as your repository, the users'll
need to set CVS_UMASK (or is it CVSUMASK?) to
something more friendly like 002.

Also, ensure that the repo directory permissions are
group writable.

Noel


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