Re: Remote repository permissions best practices

[Todd Denniston]

Todd Denniston wrote:
> 
> "Howard, Les" wrote:
> >
> > I've hacked my way through setting up a few CVS repositories in the past,
> > but I've always struggled with getting the user/group ownership and file
> > permissions correct.  I always seem to end up with a setup where the users
> > can't access the files that other users have submitted without going into
> > the repository as root and chmod/chowning some of the files.
<SNIP>
> 1) all the users who need write access to the repository should be in the
> same UNIX group.
> 2) after doing `cvs init` you need to chmod g+sw the repository project
> directory, i.e.,
> `chown :projectUNIXgroup $CVSROOT/project/; \
> chmod g+sw $CVSROOT/project/`
BTW, as you currently have a repo, you may need to walk the whole existing
repository tree and do something like:
(assuming no spaces in your directory names, and you use this at your own
risk)
cd $CVSROOT/
chown :projectUNIXgroup project/
chmod g+sw project/
for i in `find project -type d`
do
 chown :projectUNIXgroup $i
 chmod g+sw $i
done

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Todd Denniston
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Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter