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From: "Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Permission denied when checking out /cvs/cygwin/htdocs
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:06:15 +0100
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> On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>
> > ping?
> >
> > > I was just attempting to check the Cygwin web page(s)...But I'm
getting
> > > this
> > >
> > > cvs server: Updating .
> > > cvs server: Updating CVSROOT
> > > cvs server: Updating htdocs
> > > cvs server: Updating htdocs/acronyms
> > > cvs server: failed to create lock directory for
> > > `/cvs/cygwin/htdocs/acronyms' (/cvs/cygwin/htdocs/acronyms/#cvs.lock):
> > > Permission denied
> > > cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
> > > `/cvs/cygwin/htdocs/acronyms'
> > > cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
> >
> > Elfyn
>
> My guess is the directory permissions are missing the sticky bit.
> Someone with shell root access will have to fix it (alternatively, I
> could, if given shell access temporarily).
>
> Elfyn, do you have trouble checking out htdocs/goldstars?  If not, this
> would be very strange, as I used "cvs add" to add both directories...
> Maybe something's wrong with the CVSROOT scripts (or the Emptydir, I'm not
> quite sure how cvs does it).
> Igor

T'is fixed now. Thanks for the help, Igor!

Elfyn


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