-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Riedel, Brian wrote: > $ cvs -d :pserver:<user name>@<host>:<CVS location> checkout CVSROOT > cvs server: Updating CVSROOT > cvs server: failed to create lock directory for > `/development/cvsroot/CVSROOT' (<CVS Location>/CVSROOT/#cvs.lock): > Permission denied > cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `<CVS > Location>/CVSROOT' > cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
OK, I have to ask the obvious, since you haven't stated it: Have you checked the permissions on the directories mentioned in the error message, and does 'user name' have write access to those directories? - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDoJP3LdDyDwyJw+MRAtIoAJwIYmcVjzvt2bnPcQH6ldZBNZsaXACg/UVH jFomb1AZwhL6T7H6xTAkP+c= =h8ba -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
