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>>I find myself needing to use my system with the >>repository on it for development. >>the repository is accessed from the internet >>concurrently as well. is it ok that my access is >>direct (c:/CVSReposotory) while the others are >>coming in via :pserver: like the notebook which >>travels with me and occasionally is plugged directly >>into the network here? >>the locking will all work correctly? >> >>Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com >No, it is *not* OK to work this way! >If a CVS repository is used in :local: mode then >*noone* else should be able to use it at all!! This >means that the repository is simply a >single user CVS store and the server should not even >be installed. You can use the client only. >If the CVSNT server is installed and remote access is >allowed then *everyone* including the local user must >access the data via the client/server protocol, such >as sspi or pserver. >Corruption of the respository is likely to happen down >the line otherwise. > >/Bo >(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden) Just for clarification (and verification from the experts)! It is correct (I hope!), to do cvs updates via a :local: connection as the update command only modifies sandbox files!?! We do such an update in a postcommit script to publish html files to our web server. The :local: "guy" is only reading, so a corruption cannot happen... Thanks Friedrich Niederreiter __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/