Re: [Codestriker-user] rdiff failed -- permission problem

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Have you tried the username you designated for Codestriker in your
apache configuration file? Maybe you can put that username in your
/etc/group file.=20

Thanks,

Neeta

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From: cod...@li...
[mailto:cod...@li...] On Behalf Of
David Carson
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:59 PM
To: Cod...@li...
Subject: [Codestriker-user] rdiff failed -- permission problem

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On behalf of what user does the rdiff command run when using start and
end tags?  Currently I have two different deployments.  One of them
allows me to create a new topic using start and end tags.  The other
does not, but I can't see any difference.=20

For the deployment that doesn't work, I can run rdiff from the command
line and it works fine.  When I use codestriker, I get the following:

Problem generating topic text:

cvs rdiff: failed to create lock directory for
`/export/cvsroot/elvis/extreme/evpages'
(/var/lock/cvs/elvis/extreme/evpages/#cvs.lock): Permission denied
cvs rdiff: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
`/export/cvsroot/elvis/extreme/evpages'
cvs [rdiff aborted]: read lock failed - giving up

(Note that we have configured CVS to place locks outside the
repository.)

Since I can run rdiff as user X from the command line, I know that I
have permissions to do so.  My theory is that when I create the topic
and Codestriker runs rdiff, it uses a different user and hence the
problem.  I tried adding 'apache' to our /etc/group, which is how we
control who can write a lock to /var/lock/cvs.  This did not help.=20

Any ideas about the user?  Any other potential reasons this should fail
when it works on the command line?  What else can I compare between the
two deployments besides the config files?

Thanks,
David