> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:29:09 -0500, Katie <DnkyCart***@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I need a code versioning system and was considering CVS. I would like
> > some feedback if you are using CVS (wincvs or tortoise etc) and if you
> > are satisfied with it.
>
> We use it. It's functional, but has known limitations that are addressed
> by Subversion[1]. I would suggest using that for any new projects. There
> is a variant of Tortoise called TortoiseSVN[2] which supports it.
>
> > One thing i havent been able to find too much documentation on and is
> > one of my major concerns is permissions. If i install cvs can i assign
> > access to certain files in the project to certain windows users.
>
> CVS usually just relies on the file system permissions to handle this. If
> it can't read a file in the repository, it just skips it.
>
> [1] Subversion Project Home
>      http://subversion.tigris.org/
> [2] TortoiseSVN
>      http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
>
> --
> Justin Piper
> Bizco Technologies
> http://www.bizco.com/

> Justin Piper wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:29:09 -0500, Katie <DnkyCart***@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > One thing i havent been able to find too much documentation on and
>> > is one of my major concerns is permissions. If i install cvs can i
>> > assign access to certain files in the project to certain windows
>> > users.
>>
>> CVS usually just relies on the file system permissions to handle
>> this.  If it can't read a file in the repository, it just skips it.
>
> If i had CVS on the server and newbie didnt have access to that file,
> when newbie logged into the server and tried to checkout a file1.asp
> which he didnot have permissions on windows to access, CVS would not
> allow him to either as it would skip that file?