[cvsnt] Re: chacl directory vs file permissions

[Vlad]

Can anyone confirm that chacl isn't applicable to files?  Then why does it 
modify fileattr.xml when I use it to set permissions on a file, and why does 
the command line help indicate it can be applied to files and directories?

Thanks,

Vlad

"Vlad" <nospam at noserver.net> wrote in message 
news:ct60lv$lgf$1 at paris.nodomain.org...
> Hi,
>
> This probably isnt' a bug, but rather a problem in my own understanding of 
> the chacl command.  I'm using cvsnt 2.0.58d with the pserver protocol for 
> the clients, the server is running on WindowsXP.  When an admin uses chacl 
> to allow "write" on a directory by a certain user, for example with the 
> following command:
>
> cvs chacl -u username1 -a read,write,nocontrol,tag,create .
>
> And then executes the following command for a file WITHIN the same 
> directory
>
> cvs chacl -u username1 -a noread,nowrite,nocontrol,notag,nocreate file.c
>
> Should username1 be allowed to make commits to file.c?  I would think no, 
> because in this case the file permissions should have precedence over the 
> directory permissions.  However, when I try this out, username1 is able do 
> anything to file.c except change ACLs.  Note that username1 is a regular 
> user who is not an admin (neither in the admins file nor under NTFS).
>
> Could someone help out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vlad
>