Read up on the LockDir configuration setting. Noel --- Richard Caley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [sorry if you see this twice, my first attempt > seemed to go into > nowhere at a time when my ISP ws having problems] > > I have a repository which is, for firewall and other > practical > reasons) accessible only by ssh (ie CVS_RSH=ssh and > :ext: repository > name). > > I would like to give some people read only access. > Preferrably only to > some modules. > > CVS provides no support, as it does for pserver. > > I can't, so far as I can see, use file permissions, > users need write > acess to the repository to make lockfiles etc all > over the place. > > The best temporary solution I have been able to come > up with is a > combination of > > Give them ssh access with a restricted shell > that only allows > cvs seerver to be run. > > Create a commit test which fails for that > user (Actually I do > it based on groups). > > This is ugly and only partially works. Eg they can > play with tags and > probably other potentially damaging things. For the > current user this > is not a problem, I am really only trying to prevent > accidental > errors, but in future I think I am loikely to need > more. > > Does anyone have a better solution? > > -- > Mail me as [EMAIL PROTECTED] _O_ > |< > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
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