I'm not sure that's right, and I am sure that this is very unwanted.
The reason I don't think this is right is that the rw access is required in order to create a lock file. Allowing it will have several very bad side effects.
* Anyone who breaks into the web site will have instant write access to the CVS - VERY BAD!!! * The chances that, when Alexander runs "cvs ci", he will have to wait for CVS locks to be cleared.
Instead, running cvs annotate with the -n switch (i.e. - "cvs -n annotate filename") doesn't create a lock file, and will probably not require rw access.
Shachar
Eric Pouech wrote:
Jeff Smith wrote:
I know nothing of cvs administration, but would it be possible (without too much effort) to add annotation to the web cvs interface? I find that knowing the last time a particular piece of code changed can make regression testing and assorted other tasks happen a lot faster.
from the docs, it seems we need to have the user running the httpd server have rw to the CVSROOT/history directory... that shouldn't be too hard to do...
just a matter of time... I've added a bug request for this (#1214)
A+