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Re: file permissions on ',v' files
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: file permissions on ',v' files |
Date: |
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:31:57 -0500 (EST) |
Jericho writes:
>
> I have a problem with permissions in directories under in my
> repository. I noticed today that some files were marked with 'write'
> permission for both the file owner and group. According to the cvs
> docs, these should only be 'read-only' and not be changed.
That's correct; write permission is unnecessary and undesirable.
> I'm wondering if this is associated to the error users are seeing, since
> they can't commit to the repository. They get the following messages
> when they try:
>
> cvs server: cannot exec (: No such file or directory
> cvs server: Pre-commit check failed
> cvs [server aborted]: correct above errors first!
No. That error is almost certainly due to a defective commitinfo entry.
-Larry Jones
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere
in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. -- Calvin