Re: svn:needs-lock cannot set files to read only

2009/7/22 dan stead <daniel.stead_at_bt.com>:
> I have set up my tortoise svn config file so that all files within my
> repos are set up with the property * = svn:needs-lock. This worked
> perfectly until recently my working copy, which is stored on a network
> sharedrive, no longer made files read only. The grey overlay icon is
> still shown for all files, but when I look in the properties of the
> files the access is -rw-r--r-- when they should be -r--r--r--. I can
> even change the permissions of the files manually to -r--r--r-- and
> then when the lock is gathered the permission change as expected to -
> rw-r--r--, but when I release the lock the permissions stay as -rw-r--
> r-- when they should be -r--r--r--.
>
> I have checkout a working copy to my local directory and the
> permission are correct, i.e. all files are read only and the locking
> system works fine. Therefore I can only think that there must be
> something wrong with my settings on my network share.
>
> Does anybody know how svn:needs-lock actually works so I could try and
> get to the bottom of this? I mean how does svn:needs-lock change the
> permissions of the file to read only? Any help would be much
> appreciated as right now I don’t have a clue where to look.
>
> I have installed one fix (see below) in the smb.conf file which fixed
> a previous problem when adding new files to the repository:
>
> [svn]
>        Path = /svn
>        Valid users = blah dah spare
>        Read only = no
>        Create mask = 0644
>        Force create mod = 0600
>        Security mask = 0555
>        Force securtity mode = 0600

Do you really spell security like that?

>        Directory mask = 0770
>
> I don’t think this has anything to do with my problem but it is the
> last fix that I had made before these problems began.

Simon

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