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On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:37:19 +0530, Kommaraju Srinivas <kommaraju.srinivas at gmail.com> wrote: >Hi All, >Thanks for your responses. I wnt to know whether i could block a 'cvs >remove' for a user and still allow that user to add/modify files in cvs. >If such an option is there how to acheive the same in wincvs. > >Regards, >K.L.P.Srinivas Did you read any of the resposes to your question? It has all been explained already. There is no use to block this particular command if the user can commit changes because he can equally well just delete the complete contents of the file and then do a normal commit and you wind up with the exact same situation (an unusable file). > >On 1/4/06, Glen Starrett <glen at starretthome.net> wrote: >> >> Tony Hoyle wrote: >> > Plus commit really implies delete - if you block 'cvs remove' there's >> > absolutely nothing to stop someone emptying the contents of the file and >> > committing that, or just filling it with garbage for that matter... >> > write access is one of those things that should only be given to those >> > with a certain level of trust. >> >> Agreed! >> >> Just for the OP's benefit, you'll know who did what and when in the >> repository since all these actions are logged (and you can undo what >> they did, too). >> >> >> -- >> Glen Starrett >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> /Bo (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)