[cvsnt] cvs server: failed to create lock directory

Erik Anderson erikba at teamworkgroup.com
Wed Nov 12 17:45:44 GMT 2003


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Well, that and make sure you have a CVS lock server running on your system,
it's a seperate daemon.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yang, Judy Bin" <jyang at atsautomation.com>
To: "'Erik Anderson'" <erikba at teamworkgroup.com>
Cc: <cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: RE: [cvsnt] cvs server: failed to create lock directory


> I see. I guess what I need to do is to check out CVSROOT/config, and
> uncomment that line lockServer, and check in.  Is that all I need to do ?
> Thanks for your mail.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Anderson [mailto:erikba at teamworkgroup.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:14 PM
> To: Yang, Judy Bin
> Cc: cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook
> Subject: Re: [cvsnt] cvs server: failed to create lock directory
>
> 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 *****
> >
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