[cvsnt] failed to create lock directory?

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Tue Sep 30 13:30:25 BST 2003


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I have the same problem and none of the suggested reasons apply (as far as 
I can tell).  The server is CVSNT 2.09 running on NT4, the client is 
TortoiseCVS 1.4.5 (CVSNT 2.04, SSH TortoisePlink 0.53).

The repository is on a RAID 5 disk local to the server, the CVSROOT\config 
file is unchanged from its default and does not specify AtomicCommits.

I am the only user.


On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:15:52 +0100, Tony Hoyle <tmh at nodomain.org> wrote:

> Bilge TUTAK wrote:
>
>> I installed the cvsnt to my local machine.The OS is WinXP Pro. When I am
>> trying to commit some files, I get the following error. I can commit 
>> some
>> files and directories without any problem, but in some directories and
>> files I get this error.
>> cvs server: failed to create lock directory for
>> `I:/cvsrepo/test/english_web/people/assistants'
>> (I:/cvsrepo/test/english_web/people/assistants/#cvs.lock): No such file 
>> or
>> directory
>
> That means either
>
> (a) you're using a network drive and it's gone fubar...  make sure that 
> the
> server talks to a local drive.
> (b) someone has deleted the assistants directory from the repository 
> after
> you checked it out - make sure that nobody ever has direct access to the
> repository files.
> (or possibly (c) you've enabled AtomicCommits, which is known to 
> sometimes
> fail fairly randomly).
>
> Tony
>
>



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