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Did you set a LockServer for your CVS Server? If not, then people checking out files need to be able to create temporary lock files in the directory, whether they are checking out read-only or not. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yang, Judy Bin" <jyang at atsautomation.com> To: <cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 8:53 AM Subject: [cvsnt] cvs server: failed to create lock directory > Hi, all: > > I just set the CVS users permission exactly as > http://www.cvsnt.org/wiki/setAcl <http://www.cvsnt.org/wiki/setAcl> and > also set different access level on each module we have on the repository. > > If the user have R/W permit on a module, he will have no problem to check > out/browse to the deep folder of that module. > > However, if the user only have Read-only right (Read & Execute, List folder > Contents, Read), he will have trouble to do both. I would hope the user > should be able to check out (I set it Check out read only option for them) > the module, just can't edit. > > I got the following message when the CVS user tried to check out the > Read-only permission Module. I don't know what I did wrong. > > CVSNT 2.08 running on Win 2000, SSPI protocol, wincvs client. Thanks for > your help. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------- > > cvs -x checkout -P "ATS SmartVision" (in directory C:\CVS_test\Sandbox6) > cvs server: Updating ATS SmartVision > cvs server: failed to create lock directory for > `D:/StandardProducts/CVSrep/VersionControl/ATS SmartVision' > (D:/StandardProducts/CVSrep/VersionControl/ATS SmartVision/#cvs.lock): > Permission denied > cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository > `D:/StandardProducts/CVSrep/VersionControl/ATS SmartVision' > cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up > cvs checkout: in directory .: > cvs checkout: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or directory > > ***** CVS exited normally with code 1 ***** > > _______________________________________________ > cvsnt mailing list > cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs >