[Savannah-hackers] Re: Python Exception

[Mathieu Roy]

address@hidden (Thomas A. Cort) said:

> I got this error when trying to view 
> http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/evaluation//?cvsroot=www.gnu.org
> 
> Python Exception Occurred
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.1/viewcvs/viewcvs.py", line 2645, in run_cgi
>     main()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.1/viewcvs/viewcvs.py", line 2598, in main
>     view_directory(request)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.1/viewcvs/viewcvs.py", line 1117, in view_directory
>     file_data = get_file_data(full_name)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.1/viewcvs/viewcvs.py", line 682, in get_file_data
>     files = os.listdir(full_name)
> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/webcvs/evaluation'
> 
> I'm a member of gnueval, so I should have permission. username: tcort
> 

You should, but viewcvs ignores all about you, it know only your IP.

Is this a private group, with a CVS by default hidden? I did not
checked but maybe it's on purpose to get that behavior, and
unfortunately viewcvs cannot return an intelligible message for users,
instead of the feeling of a bug.


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