If a module directory in $CVSROOT doesn't have group permission, users
won't be able to checkout the module.
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek R. Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Howard Zhou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: Protect CVSROOT tree
> If didn't want the user to have write permissions to a particular
> directory,
> why did you give them write permissions to the directory?
>
> Derek
>
> --
> Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect (
> http://CVSHome.org )
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> --
> Since English is a mess, it maps well onto the problem space,
> which is also a mess, which we call reality.
>
> - Larry Wall
>
> Howard Zhou wrote:
>
> > I said CVSROOT tree not CVSROOT directory. Every module under $CVSROOT
has
> > to be group writable. I am sorry to make you confused.
> >
> > Howard
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Derek R. Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Howard Zhou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 10:11 AM
> > Subject: Re: Protect CVSROOT tree
> >
> > > Why did you put them in the group with permissions to modify CVSROOT
if
> > you
> > > didn't want them to modify CVSROOT?
> > >
> > > Derek
> > >
> > > --
> > > Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect
> > http://CVSHome.org )
> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenAvenue ( http://OpenAvenue.com )
> > > --
> > > An English professor wrote the words, "Woman without her man is
nothing"
> > > on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.
> > > The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing."
> > > The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."
> > >
> > > Howard Zhou wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, Derek,
> > > >
> > > > I don't understand your comment. Do you set group permission to
CVSROOT?
> > If
> > > > so, how can you protect from someone modifying the CVSROOT if he is
in
> > the
> > > > group?
> > > >
> > > > Howard
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Derek R. Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: "Howard Zhou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 7:02 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: Protect CVSROOT tree
> > > >
> > > > > I find using standard filesystem permissions works best.
> > > > >
> > > > > Derek
>
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