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> > I have done all the commands through the command line, no > gui. Could > > CVS be defaulting to read only files somehow and resetting > the permissions > > because of that? Any other ideas greatly welcome. > > Simply touching the file won't change it -- AFAIK when CVS checks the > null delta, the timestamp isn't even part of the equasion. > What is the > transcript of your actions? The following works for me: > > cvs add runme > cvs ci -m "" > chmod ugo+x runme > cvs ci -m "" -f runme > ls -l runme > << lists file with x set>> > rm runme > cvs -q up > << lists file with x set>> > > Is there anything in a .cvsrc or server side cvsrc for you > that might be > overriding any of your settings? What do you get with a "cvs > version"? > > Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.41 (client/server) > Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.41 (client/server) > > Note that this is all done on Linux, but I don't think that > the RCS file > cares where it is stored. I can repeat against my other > machine if this > sequence doesn't work for you. > > -- > Glen Starrett I tried what you suggested above. I also checked for a .cvsrc file. I don't have a .cvsrc file in my home directory and there is nothing in the cvsrc file on the server. Below is the trace of commands I did and there output. $ cvs version Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.41a (client/server) Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.41 (client/server) $ ll rg_config.sh -rw-rw-r-- 1 clehman clehman 45 Jul 14 15:20 rg_config.sh $ chmod +x rg_config.sh $ vi rg_config.sh $ ll rg_config.sh -rwxrwxr-x 1 clehman clehman 73 Jul 15 18:27 rg_config.sh $ cvs commit -m "Commiting file after editing file and doing a chmod +x on it." -f rg_config.sh Checking in rg_config.sh; /Engineering/lehman1/rg_config.sh,v <-- rg_config.sh new revision: 1.6; previous revision: 1.5 done $ ll rg_config.sh -rw-rw-r-- 1 clehman clehman 73 Jul 15 18:27 rg_config.sh $ rm rg_config.sh $ cvs update rg_config.sh U rg_config.sh $ ll rg_config.sh -rw-rw-r-- 1 clehman clehman 73 Jul 15 18:29 rg_config.sh