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Richard Wirth wrote: > Hello Matt, > > Tuesday, November 21, 2006, 2:06:14 AM, you wrote: > > MS> We recently upgraded our CVS server from an older version of GNU CVS (I > MS> can't remember the exact version right now) to CVSNT 2.5.03 (Scorpio) > MS> Build 2382. > > MS> We just noticed that the execute permissions for our script files are no > MS> longer being set properly when we checkout a fresh sandbox on a Linux > MS> system (not sure which client). > > Normaly the CVSNT server should even work correctly under this > circumstances. > The permissions are stored within the rcs files and are versioned also > as any other change to the source. > Looking at the ,v-files you will find a line like: > > 'permissions 666;' > > In older version of cvs, the permissions are stored as file > permissions of the rcs files. > If one migrates to cvsnt, and the new server does not find permissions > in the respective rcs file, the permissions are taken from the rcs > file permissions (like old cvs does). On any commit, the permissions > are put into the rcs-file. > > So if your migration has lost the permissions, it may be they are > alredy lost, when moving the repository to the new location? > > But anyway, you can restore the permissions by setting it in your > sandbox and commiting the changes (may be with a -f if nothing else > has changed). > > Thanks Richard that sounds pretty much like what someone else here figured out last night. Matt S.