[cvsnt] Re: file permission question

Glen Starrett glen.starrett at march-hare.com
Fri Jul 14 16:34:22 BST 2006


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Donny Y wrote:
> I am trying to set permissions on a particular file via Windows
> permissions.  I changed the permissions on the file in the repository such
> that one user has read only access.  It succesfully denies access to that
> one user.  The problem is that when a user with write permissions commit 
> the
> file, the permissions are blown away.  How can I get around this?  Thanks
> for any help.

You can use the CVSNT chacl command (see the manual).  It is best 
practice though to put any "special" files into a separate directory 
since that is easier to manage.

Regards,

-- 
Glen Starrett



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