the solution for the write permissions in CVS is for everyone to set the
following variable in their '.cshrc'. be sure this variable is set
before doing a 'cvs import' command.
setenv CVSUMASK 000
--chris
Aaron Joseph Maschinot wrote:
>hi:
>
>when i try to get a completely new copy of the cvs repository (e.g. by
>typing "cvs co ."), some files copy over to my directory, but,
>eventually, i get the following error message:
>
>cvs checkout: Updating exp/t20/edel/figs
>cvs checkout: failed to create lock directory for
>`/home/blast/cvsroot/exp/t20/edel/figs'
>(/home/blast/cvsroot/exp/t20/edel/figs/#cvs.lock): Permission denied
>cvs checkout: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
>`/home/blast/cvsroot/exp/t20/edel/figs'
>cvs [checkout aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
>
>any ideas?
>
>aaron
>
>p.s. this is a problem that i know various other people have run into in
>the past. if someone (i.e. probably chris) knows how to fix it, can you
>send out an e-mail explaining in non-expert detail how to fix it?
>something to do with removing lock files or whatnot...
>
>
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