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Re: [Feature] partial read-only access to CVS repository
From: |
Dieter Maurer |
Subject: |
Re: [Feature] partial read-only access to CVS repository |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:46:20 +0200 |
Larry Jones wrote at 2003-9-18 11:20 -0400:
> Dieter Maurer writes:
> >
> > While "pserver" provides a flexible way to specify read-only
> > access to a complete repository, there is no concept of
> > "read-only" access to parts of the repository with "write" access
> > to a different part.
>
> Of course there is -- just set the permissions on the repository
> directories so that people who are allowed to write have write
> permission, people who are only allowed to read have read (and execute)
> permission, and people who are not allowed any access at all have no
> permission.
I would be happy, if it were this easy.
However, CVS requires directory write permission for reading
files in a directory. This is because it wants to put
a lock file in this directory.
Dieter