Re: Make db directory g+s by default?

Greg Hudson wrote:

> * With the FSFS back end, this makes Subversion much closer to
> working out of the box for multi-uid access. Even with the BDB
> back end, you could win naively if your umasks happen to be set
> liberally, and it's one fewer step on the checklist.
>
>
I'd have thought you need g+rwx on directories for FSFS, too?

>CVS doesn't do this, but I have no idea why not, since it seems to
>defeat most of the purpose of umask-bashing.
>
>
CVS sets the umask internally, I believe. But it doesn't set the sticky
bit, right.

Anyway. I have no objections, as long as it's understood that this is a
Unix-specific change. (Windows doesn't have those problems, heh, being a
far more advanced system with ACLs and such. :-)

-- Brane

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Received on Tue Jun 22 20:34:59 2004