X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4461FC00.1000004@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 10:43:12 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051223 Fedora/1.5-0.2.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5 Mnenhy/0.7.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: problem in cvs/CVSROOT/history:permission References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com pramod g.s wrote: > Sir, > i have problem in cvs please solve in detail:; > problem is shown below::: > > checkout -P CVSROOT > cvs checkout: warning: cannot write to history file > /cvs/repos/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied > cvs checkout: failed to create lock directory for `/cvs/repos/CVSROOT' > (/cvs/repos/CVSROOT/#cvs.lock): Permission denied > cvs checkout: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `/cvs/repos/CVSROOT' > cvs [checkout aborted]: read lock failed - giving up > > Command Aborted. Sounds like a problem. Please read and follow in detail the problem reporting guidelines listed below in: > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Reports conforming to these guidelines are the basis on which any resolution will come. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/