[GRASS5] CVS administration

[John Huddleston]

Hi Justin, (et al)

CVS files are stored at 444, or read-only in the repository.  The
repository is setup this way so that no one can accidentally clobber
a file.   The directories in the repository are either set up as 775
or 777 depending on how the administrator chooses to organize
permissions by groups or for all users respectively.  This is
necessary since at checkout, a lock file and a lock directory
are written temporarily.

So, the permissions for your local directory are managed by you
with your 'umask' and other environment processes.   Sometimes
backup procedures change permissions temporarily.  Has there
been an OS change on your system?  In any case, start at the
top and chmod the directories, e.g.

find . -type d -exec chmod 777 {} \;

John Huddleston

----- Original Message -----
From: Justin Hickey <jhickey at impact1.hpcc.nectec.or.th>
To: <grass5 at geog.uni-hannover.de>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [GRASS5] CVS administration


> Hello John
>
> If I remember correctly, I ran a cvs update, then a cvs -d update a few
days
> later and then I tried to change the src/CMD/lists/GRASS file, and it
turned
> out to have read only permissions. Maybe I'm wrong, but I was sure I had
write
> access before, since I changed it before I compiled my checkout version.
The
> only thing I can think of is that I may be getting confused with the last
time
> I compiled the source from download (not CVS) which was only a few weeks
before
> I got my checkout version. Can someone check the permissions of this file
in
> the repository? Maybe that will clear things up if they are read only.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Jazzman (a.k.a. Justin Hickey)  e-mail: jhickey at hpcc.nectec.or.th
> High Performance Computing Center
> National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)
> Bangkok, Thailand
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> of us who do.  ---Anonymous
>
> Jazz and Trek Rule!!!
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>



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