fails as follows:
cvs -t commit -m "try commit" readme.txt (in directory C:\dev\bar)
cvs commit: notice: main loop with CVSROOT=:ext:markp@192.168.2.105:/cvs
-> Starting server: plink.exe 192.168.2.105 -i
C:\keys\mpriest_private.PPK -l markp cvs server
-> Sending file `readme.txt' to server
S-> write_lock(/cvs/bar)
S-> checkout (/cvs/bar/readme.txt,v, 1.1.1.1, , (function))
S-> Parse_Info (/cvs/CVSROOT/commitinfo, bar, ALL)
Checking in readme.txt;
/cvs/bar/readme.txt,v <-- readme.txt
S-> Parse_Info (/cvs/CVSROOT/verifymsg, bar, not ALL)
S-> checkout (/cvs/bar/readme.txt,v, 1.1, -ko, /tmp/cvs003472)
new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
S-> rename(/cvs/bar/,readme.txt,,/cvs/bar/readme.txt,v)
cvs [server aborted]: cannot rename file /cvs/bar/,readme.txt, to
/cvs/bar/readme.txt,v: Permission denied
S-> unlink_file(/cvs/bar/,readme.txt,)
S-> Lock_Cleanup()
I have seen this error message discussed on the cvs mailing list archives
but those discussion were only relevant for cases where people hosted the
repository on a network share. My /cvs repository is in a local hard disk
directory.
When I try to emulate a file move as this same user, markp, directly in
repository at the cygwin command prompt I experience the same permission
error as follows:
markp@markonius /cvs/bar
$ id
uid=1019(markp) gid=1015(cvs) groups=513(None),545(Users),1015(cvs)
markp@markonius /cvs/bar
$ pwd
/cvs/bar
markp@markonius /cvs/bar
$ ls -alF
total 3
drwxrwxr-x+ 2 cvs cvs 0 Jul 3 02:48 ./
drwxrwxr-x+ 7 cvs cvs 0 Jun 30 17:16 ../
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 542 Jun 30 17:27 bar.c,v
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 406 Jun 30 17:16 bar.h,v
-r--r--r-- 1 cvsuser cvs 423 Jun 30 17:33 readme.txt,v
markp@markonius /cvs/bar
$ cp readme.txt,v tmp
markp@markonius /cvs/bar
$ ls -alF
total 4
drwxrwxr-x+ 2 cvs cvs 0 Jul 3 02:50 ./
drwxrwxr-x+ 7 cvs cvs 0 Jun 30 17:16 ../
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 542 Jun 30 17:27 bar.c,v
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 406 Jun 30 17:16 bar.h,v
-r--r--r-- 1 cvsuser cvs 423 Jun 30 17:33 readme.txt,v
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 423 Jul 3 02:50 tmp
markp@markonius /cvs/bar
$ mv tmp readme.txt,v
mv: cannot move `tmp' to `readme.txt,v': Permission denied
markp@markonius /cvs/bar
$ echo $CYGWIN
ntsec
markp@markonius /cvs/bar
When I perform this same operation as the file owner the attempt succeeds
(and so does a regular CVS commit operation) as follows:
cvsuser@markonius /cvs/bar
$ id
uid=1016(cvsuser) gid=1015(cvs) groups=513(None),545(Users),1015(cvs)
cvsuser@markonius /cvs/bar
$ echo $CYGWIN
ntsec
cvsuser@markonius /cvs/bar
$ pwd
/cvs/bar
cvsuser@markonius /cvs/bar
$ ls -alF
total 3
drwxrwxr-x+ 2 cvs cvs 0 Jul 3 02:53 ./
drwxrwxr-x+ 7 cvs cvs 0 Jun 30 17:16 ../
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 542 Jun 30 17:27 bar.c,v
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 406 Jun 30 17:16 bar.h,v
-r--r--r-- 1 cvsuser cvs 423 Jun 30 17:33 readme.txt,v
cvsuser@markonius /cvs/bar
$ cp readme.txt,v tmp
cvsuser@markonius /cvs/bar
$ ls -alF
total 4
drwxrwxr-x+ 2 cvs cvs 0 Jul 3 02:53 ./
drwxrwxr-x+ 7 cvs cvs 0 Jun 30 17:16 ../
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 542 Jun 30 17:27 bar.c,v
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 406 Jun 30 17:16 bar.h,v
-r--r--r-- 1 cvsuser cvs 423 Jun 30 17:33 readme.txt,v
-r--r--r-- 1 cvsuser cvs 423 Jul 3 02:53 tmp
cvsuser@markonius /cvs/bar
$ mv tmp readme.txt,v
cvsuser@markonius /cvs/bar
$ ls -alF
total 3
drwxrwxr-x+ 2 cvs cvs 0 Jul 3 02:53 ./
drwxrwxr-x+ 7 cvs cvs 0 Jun 30 17:16 ../
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 542 Jun 30 17:27 bar.c,v
-r--r--r-- 1 markp cvs 406 Jun 30 17:16 bar.h,v
-r--r--r-- 1 cvsuser cvs 423 Jul 3 02:53 readme.txt,v
I have attached the results of cygcheck to this email and I have the