Cvs Server Aborted Error Writing To Lock File
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for visiting!For those of us still using CVS, rather than the highly acclaimed subversion, I wanted to outline a solution to a common problem I've failed to obtain dir lock in repository often seen: One user creates a cvs module (named, for example, project)
Cvs Lock File
and checks in a number of files and directories. Then another developer tries to check out the module and sees cvs user permissions this error. (Here's another explanation of the solution.) : cvs checkout: failed to create lock directory for
`/usr/local/cvsrepo/project'
(/usr/local/cvsrepo/project/#cvs.lock): Permission denied
: cvs checkout: failed to obtain dir
Cvs Checkout Command
lock in repository
`/usr/local/cvsrepo/project'
: cvs [checkout aborted]: read lock failed - giving up If you go to /usr/local/cvsrepo/project, and run an ls -l, you'll see that the permissions look like: ...
drwxrwxr-x 2 user group 4096 Feb 16 09:40 bin
... This error message comes from the fact that the second user is not a member of group group. The best way to solve this is to create a second group, perhaps called cvs, and assign both users to that group. Then, you want to make sure that all the files have the correct group bit set: chown -R :cvs /usr/local/cvsrepo/project And, you want to make sure that any new directories (and files) added use the cvs group, rather than the group group: chmod -R g+ws /usr/local/cvsrepo/project Your final permissions should look like: ...
drwxrwsr-x 2 user cvs 4096 Feb 16 09:40 bin
... Now the second user and any other developers should be able to check out the code so safely stored in cvs. Programming | moore | February 16, 2005 29 thoughts on “"cvs checkout: failed to create lock directory" solution” Prateep Kulapalanont says: Exactly what I have the problem after read CVS for Leopard . Thanks Pradeep says: Hats Off Great work! Timely Help.. surendra kumar says: you saved my life man…! hats off thanks for the post man. moore says: All, Glad to help! Krishen says: This just helped me out too on my Leopard-based CVS server! Thanks! Joe says: Excellent post. Thanks
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(EST) https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2001-02/msg00482.html Bajda, Paul writes: > > cvs https://coderanch.com/t/419482/vc/CVS-Error-Writting-lock-file -z9 commit -m testcommit miscparts.mdb (in directory > C:\Work\andersen32\Andersen\PRODUCTS) > Checking in miscparts.mdb; > /usr/local/cvs/repository/andersen32/Andersen/PRODUCTS/miscparts.mdb,v <-- > miscparts.mdb > new revision: 1.15; previous revision: 1.14 > cvs lock file [server aborted]: error writing to lock file > /usr/local/cvs/repository/andersen32/Andersen/PRODUCTS/,miscparts.mdb, Some kind of error occurred writing the new RCS file in the repository. The most likely problem is that you ran out of disk space cvs server aborted in the repository. Another possibility is that the repository is on some kind of shared file system that doesn't behave normally. -Larry Jones Physical education is what you learn from having your face in someone's armpit right before lunch. -- Calvin reply via email to [Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread] error writing to lock file, Bajda, Paul, 2001/02/20 Re: error writing to lock file, Larry Jones<= Prev by Date: What's in repository Next by Date: Re: What's in repository Previous by thread: error writing to lock file Next by thread: What's in repository Index(es): Date Thread
New Topic programming forums Java Java JSRs Mobile Certification Databases Caching Books Engineering Languages Frameworks Products This Site Careers Other all forums Forum: IDEs, Version Control and other tools CVS Error :----- Writting to lock file Ashutosh kumar singh Greenhorn Posts: 26 posted 7 years ago Hi all, when i am going to commit data through cvs. Following error is reflecting. I am really confisued that this is network connection error or CVS configuration error. If any body have idea then please help me. Error: The server reported an error while performing the "cvs commit" command. 12: cvs [server aborted]: error writing to lock file E:/PROSPECTACVS/DEV/MDOJ2EE/12/src/appl/client/webapps/nounlabelvalue/,NounLabelvalueConfigList.jsp, thanks Ashutosh kumar Singh Tim Holloway Saloon Keeper Posts: 18312 56 I like... posted 7 years ago That's an annoying one. I'd recommend checking Google, but as I recall, it means that the OS user ID that's being used to do the update doesn't have filesystem (write) access privileges for the lockfile. Part of what makes it so challenging is determining what the actual system userid being used is, since the type of account access you're employing will affect it - you can have a CVS user ID that doesn't correspond to an OS user ID. An IDE is no substitute for an Intelligent Developer. Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic New Topic Similar Threads cvs server: sticky tag `STABLE_V40' for file `src/Util.java' is not a branch Problem using CVS retrieving older revision from cvs CVS : not allow me to commit CVS Error .classpath had a conflict and has not been modified All times are in JavaRanch time: GMT-6 in summer, GMT-7 in winter Contact Us | advertise | mobile view | Powered by JForum | Copyright © 1998-2016 Paul Wheaton