[cvsnt] Error: The 'cvs edit' command requires write access to the repository

Rick Martin rsmandcam at _NO_SPAM_sbcglobal.net
Mon Feb 5 21:37:17 GMT 2007


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On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:19:50 -0800, Rick Martin wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My users are receiving a permissions error when trying to do a cvs edit 
> operation. Actually it doesn't appear to be the edit command only. I'm 
> getting reports of error on commit, too.
> This was working earlier last week so I think it must be some kind of 
> rights issue that I changed. That will teach me <g>.

As it turns out it was only some of the users.
They had a trailing space in the CVSROOT\writers file.
Removing the spaces fixed the problem.

Rick


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