Jake, Why not just use the UNIX group permissions system? One downside is that, depending on your policy, users may have to remember to issue the newgrp(1) command.
-Damian > -----Original Message----- > From: Jake Colman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Preventing Read Access to a File > > > > Can anyone suggest a method for restricting read access by > specified individuals to specific modules? Using CVS' > commitlog script I can restrict users from committing to > branches and/or modules. But how can I prevent them from > even seeing it? > > I don't think CVS, itself, can solve this for me. Am I correct? > > I've looked at the cvsacl project (a patch to CVS source code > to support file-based ACLs) but it appears to be dormant. > Also, the patch is three point releases behind the current > version. Does anyone know anything about this project? Does > anyone know why this patch never made it into the mainline code? > > Are any of the other CVS-compatible projects (e.g., CVSNT) an > option? I need to keep the repository on Solaris so using > NTFS ACLs is not a solution. > > Subversion does not directly support ACLs but might be able > to help me via WebDav and Apache. > > Has anyone else faced this problem and found a way to solve > it? We have been using CVS for this project for well over 10 > years. I'd love to find a way to keep using it or to, at > least, remain compatible with it. > > Thanks! > > ...Jake > > -- > Jake Colman > Sr. Applications Developer > Principia Partners LLC > Harborside Financial Center > 1001 Plaza Two > Jersey City, NJ 07311 > (201) 209-2467 > www.principiapartners.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
