From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 13:26:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC7F16A4B3 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:26:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from subliminal.tekrealm.net (12-233-97-227.client.attbi.com [12.233.97.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B880D43FCB for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:26:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from elitetek@tekrealm.net) Received: from subliminal.tekrealm.net (whoami@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h8IKQWWW016752; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:26:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from elitetek@tekrealm.net) Received: (from elitetek@localhost) by subliminal.tekrealm.net (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8IKQVGc016751; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:26:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from elitetek@tekrealm.net) X-Authentication-Warning: subliminal.tekrealm.net: elitetek set sender to elitetek@tekrealm.net using -f Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:26:31 -0700 From: Andrew Stuart To: Matthew Seaman , questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030918202631.GA16662@freebsd.tekrealm.net> References: <20030918001420.GA87932@freebsd.tekrealm.net> <20030918114535.GC59821@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030918114535.GC59821@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) Subject: Re: OT: cvs/CVSROOT permissions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: elitetek@tekrealm.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:26:33 -0000 On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 at 12:45:35 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 05:14:20PM -0700, Andrew Stuart wrote: > > I know this really isnt the place for this question, but in the past > > many OT questions have been answered. > > No good deed goes unpunished. Tell me about it. > > > I am working on a local cvs repo, and everytime someone commits to > > CVSROOT for one reason or another, it removes the execute privilages > > off of the 'processing' scripts. I can go back in and chmod +x each > > file after every commit (which isnt that often) but that gets lame > > after a while, not to mention im not always around. > > > > So the question really is, does anyone know of an automagic solution > > other then a cron job to keep the scripts +x? > > For all things cvs(1), run (don't walk) to http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/ > > I believe the answer to your question is at: > > http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#CVS_keeps_changing_file_permissions__why_does_it_do_that_ > > Cheers, > > Matthew Thanks. I have read over that, but somehow managed to overlook that specific topic. Thanks for pointing out that I need a dunce cap again. :) I even downloaded it a few days ago and converted it into pdf for reference, and still managed not to see it. I guess thats what i get for being up for 72+hrs without sleep. -Andrew -- Andrew Stuart http://www.tekrealm.net Don't knock President Fillmore. He kept us out of Vietnam.