You can use "LockDir" in the CVSROOT/config file to specify a directory
for lock files to be written to, and give him write access to that
directory rather than the repository.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fredrik Liljegren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 03 May 2000 11:30
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: Read-only local (ssh) access
> >
> >
> > How do I manage to give a certain user a read-only access only for
> the
> > cvs-repository?
> >
> > When I set up the file-permissions to only grant him read
> > (and x for dirs)
> > he can off course read all files by hand; but he cant
> > checkout with cvs,
> > because cvs wants to write a lock-file in the directory.
> > In the cederqvist manual, it says that read-only access is only
> > specifically implemented for pserver, because it is not
> > needed in other
> > methods where the users permissions is set with eg unix
> > file-permissions.
> > But this won't work, since I have to give him write-permissions in
> the
> > directory, and thus total control!
> >
> > Regards, EOF
> >
>
>
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