[cvsnt] Re: Removing delete access for a repository

Kommaraju Srinivas kommaraju.srinivas at gmail.com
Thu Jan 5 08:25:24 GMT 2006


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Hi,
 My intention is  to know how to block cvs remove command.

Regards,
Kola

On 1/5/06, Mindaugas Bliudzius <mindaugas at infoera.lt> wrote:
>
> 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).
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
> > /Bo
> > (Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)
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