Re: group ownerships under CVS

[Todd Denniston]

Kinson Liu wrote, On 11/15/2007 09:12 PM:
> Hi there,
assumptions
1) under Linux.
2) using a file system that follows Unix permissions.
Summary related to the questions you asked :

> If a user is inside two groups under the CVS server and he/she commits
> new files, what group ownerships of those committed new files will be?

If the directory does not have the group sticky bit, then the primary GID will 
be used (see passwd file, or it's replacements).

If the directory does have the group sticky bit AND the user is a member of 
the group that the directory is owned by, then the group that owns the 
directory will be used.

If the directory does have the group sticky bit AND the user is not a member 
of the group that the directory is owned by, then I don't know (unless you 
were wise and disallowed other/world from writing to the directory).

>  What if they are folders instead of files?  

Same.
> How about importing
> instead of committing?  

Same I think.
> Last question, would checking out a file ever
> change the group ownership of that file under the CVS server?

I believe it could if the user has write privileges to the directory, AND 
either is not a member of the group who owns the directory, or the SGID bit is 
not set.

> Thanks,
>
> Kinson

The File permissions section[1] of the manual[2] is something that should give 
you the details you may need.


[1] http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.22/cvs_2.html#SEC13
[2] http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/
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