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He asked is it possible to block cvs remove, not what you anwsered:) "Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at telia.com> wrote in message news:jaepr1hto5gjdr4akkgo3nu4iqmb9p0c3g at 4ax.com... > 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)