You might want to take a look at the advisory locks patch available at SourceForge under project RCVS.
The patch won't give you reserved locks, but will give you advisory locks. The benefits of advisory locks over reserved locks are: 1. Complements CVS's concurrent development methodology. 2. Users are "forced" to do something special to get passed the lock. Noel --- Iqbal Shaikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Want to actually clarify my mail, > When i meant checked out files , I mean any files > in the database,( not > admin files ). > > iqbal > > Iqbal Shaikh wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Would like to know if we need to edit any admin > file in CVSROOT > > to enable locking of files in cvs. > > > > I know cvs is mainly for concurrent usage/editing > of files, > > > > but it would be gratefull if someone gives me some > tips. > > > > Note: I have created a group cvsadmin and given > the group full > > rights to the CVSROOT admin files. > > Actually i can lock the checked out files, but > only if i belong to > > the cvsadmin group. > > > > As a normal user , even if he has full rights to > the files checked > > out , he cannot lock the files. > > > > Gets an error saying : only cvsadmin group can > lock files. > > > > Please advise. > > > > Thanks & Regards > > iqbal > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
