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Re: how to implement user level security in cvs ?


From: Shane McDaniel
Subject: Re: how to implement user level security in cvs ?
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:35:28 -0400

gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 09:28:38PM +0500, Muhammad Shakeel wrote:
> >  Can i use solaris access control list ? Is cvs works fine when using acl ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> (Think about this logically: cvs is run as the user performing the
> action. Therefore, it can only affect a file in a given way if the
> user has permission to do so.)
> 
> Beware ownership changes of files, though. (And note that you
> probably don't want to use ACLs on files anyway, you want to use
> them on directories.)
> 

Is there a way to restrict when a user can do a commit, but allow anyone
to do checkouts.  Preferably gracefully through CVS but even through
permission manipulation if possible.

-shane


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