Re: no write access to cvs directories

On May 21, 2005, at 6:13 PM, Jeff Horsager wrote:

> I apparently don't have write access to some of the directories, based
> on the following errors while trying to update a Russian translation:
>
> ----------- begin code --------------
> powerbook:~/Projects/fink/xml/users-guide horsager$ cvs ci -m "russian
> translation" uguide.ru.xml Makefile
> [email protected]'s password:
> cvs commit: failed to create lock directory for
> `/cvsroot/fink/web/xml/users-guide'
> (/cvsroot/fink/web/xml/users-guide/#cvs.lock): Permission denied
> cvs commit: lock failed - giving up
> cvs [commit aborted]: lock failed - giving up
> ----------- end code -----------------
>
> Access wasn't an issue until recently.  To whom should I apply for
> write access?  Failing that, to whom should I send the translations
> for proper commit?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>

That's odd--you should have write access to _all_ directories in the 
doc tree if you've got access anywhere there.

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Alexander K. Hansen
Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
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