From redhat-list Sat May 31 17:46:02 2003 From: christopher j bottaro Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 17:46:02 +0000 To: redhat-list Subject: Re: read only cvs account...? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=redhat-list&m=105440322023003 On Saturday 31 May 2003 11:53 am, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Are you using CVS over pserver or ssh? If it's over ssh, add a user on > the system for "someone" and don't add them to the group that has write > access to the cvs repository. i did that, i'm using cvs over ssh and i made an account for that user. that account does not have write access to the module dir in my cvsroot. but when i use that account to checkout the module, it complains about not being able to create a directory lock in the module directory: cvs server: failed to create lock directory for `/shared/cvsroot//lordorean' (/shared/cvsroot//lordorean/#cvs.lock): Permission denied cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `/shared/cvsroot//lordorean' cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up thanks for the help, -- christopher -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list