[cvsnt] Re: unlocking unkown user locks

Max Bowsher maxb at ukf.net
Fri Mar 21 19:09:31 GMT 2003


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Ian Epperson wrote:
> Hmmm..
> Would it be possible to manually lock a module so an administrator could
> work on it (say, manually change a file name or clear out the watches) -
> thus removing the necessity of taking down the *entire* server to perform
> the above tasks?
>
> It almost seems to me that this could be done without the lock server by
> simply creating the appropriate lock files, but a locking/unlocking app
> would be interesting...

I haven't used it personally, but I believe
ftp://riemann.iam.uni-bonn.de/pub/users/roessler/cvslock/ is what you are
looking for.


Max.



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