Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: file sharing semantics

[Cameron Patrick]

Neal D. Becker wrote:

| Stefan Monnier wrote:
| 
| >> I just tried to edit a file owned by someone else, and cvs won't let me
| >> commit.
| > 
| > I suspect there's a misunderstanding: CVS only needs to be able to read
| > the RCS file, so ownership is irrelevant a long as the access right
| > are sufficient.  As for committing, you need write access to the directory
| > (but you don't need write access to the RCS file).
| 
| This doesn't seem to be true.  You cannot change a file you don't own.  You
| can, however, rename it if you have write access to the directory. 

Yes.  But if you have write access to the directory you can rename the
file, write a new file with the original file name (which you now own),
and delete the old file.

Cameron.