Could you please suggest where I can find the patch to make one user unable to unlock the lock of the other user . Is it a good idea to put such patches ? what would be the implications if I would put in that .
Thanks bala Balaji Krishnamoorthy Senior Systems Analyst Architecture, IT Standard & Poor's (S&P) 55 Water Street, 35th Floor New York, NY 10041 Phone: (212)-438-1118 Fax: (212)-438-7482 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Robert J. Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cvs edit -c locked checkout problem On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:44:22 -0400 "Krishnamoorthy, Balaji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I have a CVS server setup in the Unix , all the users are defined > in the passwd file , of the repository . The CVSROOT is as > ":cvspserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/local/apps/cvs/sample > apprepository" .And these repositories are defined in cvsstart > file . > > The problem is > cvs edit -c for a locked checkout does not work. Any other user can > unlock the file . > > Could anyone please suggest a workaround . Don't use CVS? The "C" in CVS stands for "Concurrent". This means that anyone can edit any file at any time. If you need true locking, then you will have to use one of the hacks floating around to add this to CVS or live with the fact that CVS does not work that way. - Rob ________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this message is intended only for the recipient, may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please be aware that any dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you, Standard & Poor's _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
