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Hello Tony, Wednesday, July 19, 2006, 12:41:19 PM, you wrote: TE> Versions: CVSNT 2.5.03 build 2260 on Linux client and server. TE> A file in the repository (imported from CVS) has the following TE> permissions: TE> -r-xr-xr-x 1 cvs cvs 6777 2006-06-29 11:42 mkconfig,v The permissions in the repository do not correspond to the permissions of the file in the sandbox. Permissions are handled via a record inside the rcs file. So for any file in the repository the permissions should be -r--r--r-- 1 cvs cvs if you use RunAsUSer=cvs in /etc/cvsnt/PServer. TE> The file in the sandbox has the same permissions. On the client, TE> if I tag the file using "cvs tag Dummy-tag mkconfig", the TE> permissions on the file in the repository become: TE> -r--r--r-- 1 cvs cvs 6846 2006-07-19 11:16 mkconfig,v TE> The sandbox file still has the execute permission, but if I TE> remove it and update from the repository, the file is not TE> executable any more. I can not repoduce this. Are you sure no one else touched the file? Some older windows client? Users working via samba share? -- Best regards, Richard mailto:richard at wirthware.de