[cvsnt] Re: Problems with perm file

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Mon Apr 14 17:11:47 BST 2003


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On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 17:53:12 +0200, "Christer Grimsæth" <chrigri at msn.com>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Why is cvsnt making new ".perms" files  with "default:rwc" settings when I
>add new subdirectories?
>I have locked down the repositories by using the group file, and given
>access by editing the ".perms" file in the root folder. But when a user
>(witch has access) adds a new directory with files, the default is "world
>writeable"!
>
>Is this a bug, or are there any way I can configure what CVSNT uses as the
>default in the .perms file?
>
If a user adds a directory they of course have write access to that
directory... it wouldn't make sense otherwise.  If you want fine-grained
pemissions use NTFS permissons - the cvsnt permissions are only designed for
limited locking down of branches etc.

Tony



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