cygwin and subversion error

The error:
svn co svn+ssh://.....
.... numerous successfully checked out files
A bios/iom/1stscrn/makdemo.exe
A bios/iom/1stscrn/makscrn.exe
svn: Can't move 'bios/iom/.svn/tmp/entries' to 'bios/iom/.svn/entries':
Permission denied
 
On the server side running subversion 1.2.3 fsfs repository on a Linux
RHEL EL4 update 2 server. On the client side, running under cygwin on
Windows XP using subversion 1.2.3. Note: The repository is fully
accessible from other Linux and Window TortoiseSVN client, only cygwin
is giving me a hard time. The above 'Permission denied' messages occurs
on various .svn/entries files (i.e. not the same file each time).
 
Any ideas?

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Brent x224