On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Deb Heller <deb_at_es.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using the following:
>
> CentOS v5.3
> subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1
>
> The subversion pkg was downloaded from the CentOS repo. I know that this
> version is waaay behind the code release, but that's what we have for
> the moment. If my problem has been fixed in a later version, then I'll
> update for sure. My problem is that I'm losing the group id on files
> when checked out from the repo.
>
> As a root user, the dir/files I intend to import as a tree are listed
> here. Please note that the group id name either root or users:
>
> drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 24 09:30 bin/
> drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 28 14:21 inputs/
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root users 4096 Aug 24 09:30 lastseen/
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 24 09:29 lib/
> drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 24 09:29 masterfiles/
> drwx------ 2 root users 4096 Aug 24 09:30 modules/
> drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 24 02:39 outputs/
> drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 24 09:30 ppkeys/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root users 1024 Aug 24 09:30 randseed
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root users 4096 Aug 24 09:30 reports/
> drwx------ 2 root users 4096 Aug 24 09:30 rpc_in/
> drwx------ 2 root users 4096 Aug 24 09:30 rpc_out/
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root users 4096 Aug 24 09:30 state/
>
> When I do a svn checkout of the tree, the listing shows that copy
> inherits my root id (uid=0(root) gid=100(users) groups=100(users)):
>
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 bin/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 inputs/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 lastseen/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 lib/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 masterfiles/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 modules/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 outputs/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 ppkeys/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root users 1024 Aug 28 15:15 randseed
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 reports/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 rpc_in/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 rpc_out/
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root users 4096 Aug 28 15:15 state/
>
> So my question is, how can I maintain the correct user permission on
> dir/files when checked out?
>
Subversion does not version the user/group/permissions of files.
Your id and umask at the time of checkout are the only ones that influence
the user/group/permissions of the files when checked out (well, actually
svn:executable flag also plays a role).
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Received on 2009-08-29 01:16:26 CEST