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On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 19:11:59 +0000 (UTC), jloomis at authentica.com
("Jeff Loomis") wrote:
>I am using the LockDir parameter to avoid giving all cvsweb users write per=
>mission to my repository files. Cvsweb can work because its impersonation =
>matches the permissions on the repository. The annotate feature does not w=
>ork. I have determined that this is because cvsweb uses the "cvs server" c=
>ommand and streams protocol to it. When operating in this mode, the cvs pr=
>ogram does not parse the config file and so does not pick up the lock dir p=
>arameter. It then tries to create locks in the repository directory.=0D
>=0D
>Is anyone aware of a version of cvswebnt that does not work in this way, or=
> of any other solutions to this problem. Ideally, the cvs command would ob=
>ey the LockDir command.=0D
CVSWeb probably needs modifying to use the rannotate command rather
than trying to do it itself. I did something like this once but
unfortunately have lost that version.
Tony
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