Re: Tortoise does not set write permission after "get lock"?

Perhaps pick an antivirus package that doesn't do that? Did you check if
there is an option in Sophos for not interfering with file attributes?

I realize that antivirus packages are meant to solve problems for everyone,
but the file attributes should be left alone if the file is otherwise clean.

On Jan 20, 2008 11:16 AM, Holger Karl <holger.karl_at_uni-paderborn.de> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> right, it was indeed the Sophos antivirus :-(
> Adding an exception to Sophos solved the problem of the read-only
> attribute
> not being revoked upon locking a file.
>
> But that is really annoying: this means we cannot have the files in the
> repository virus checked. This is a SERIOUS disadvantage. Any chance of
> getting around this?
>
> Best,
>
> Holger
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stefan Küng [mailto:tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 4:10 PM
> > To: users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
> > Subject: Re: Tortoise does not set write permission after "get lock"?
> >
> > Holger Karl wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > following problem:
> > >
> > > * file with "needs lock" in repository
> > >
> > > * in cygwin, "svn lock TestDocument.doc" changes the file permissions
> > for
> > > the file alright:
> > >
> > >
> > > karl_at_Shirkan ~/projekte/svn
> > > $ ls -la TestDocument.doc
> > > -r--r--r-- 1 karl Kein 19968 Jan 15 15:20 TestDocument.doc
> > >
> > > karl_at_Shirkan ~/projekte/svn
> > > $ svn lock TestDocument.doc
> > > 'TestDocument.doc' locked by user 'HolgerKarl'.
> > >
> > > karl_at_Shirkan ~/projekte/svn
> > > $ ls -la TestDocument.doc
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 karl Kein 19968 Jan 15 15:20 TestDocument.doc
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > * when I try the same with TortoiseSVN "get lock", the lock is
> acquiered
> > all
> > > right, but the file permission in the local copy are not changed ?!?!
> It
> > > stays read only :-(((
> > >
> > > * (other mails in the archive discuss this problem for files on an SMB
> > > share, but this is a normal file in my local directory, not shared,
> > nothing
> > > out of the ordinary)
> > >
> > > I would very much appreciate any help here; this is almost a show
> > stopper
> > > for us!
> >
> > TSVN properly sets the write permissions when you do a "get lock" (to be
> > exact: it removes the readonly flag).
> >
> > We has some reports about this before. Here's a list (from what I
> > remember) what the reason was:
> >
> > * some firewall reset the readonly flag immediately (ZoneAlarm is maybe
> > the most annoying of those: the bug reappears in every other new version
> > of it)
> > * some svn plugin for VisualStudio is known to always set the readonly
> > flag if you haven't 'checked out' the file with the plugin itself
> > * virus scanners are also known to interfere: some find that removing
> > the readonly flag is a security risk and they change it back immediately
> >
> >
> > Stefan
> >
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