Hi, In Subversion 1.6 'svn lock <file>' in a read-only workspace fails as expected and no lock is created either in the workspace or in the repository.
In Svn 1.7/1.8 'svn lock <file>' still fails, but it creates a repository-side lock (see below). Is this a regression or was the change intentional? > svn st -u abc Status against revision: 1633 > svn lock abc svn: E200031: sqlite[S8]: attempt to write a readonly database svn: E200031: Additional errors: svn: E200031: sqlite[S8]: attempt to write a readonly database > svn st -u abc O 1633 abc Status against revision: 1633 All the best, fergus