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2011-08-19 08:59 AEST by Arthur Barrett - When a user creates a repository on an ntfs file system using:
* command line
* control panel
* wizard
The resulting ownership often means that other users cannot check in. When using the trial - a
directory is specially created for repositories that has everyone:all permission, and the wizard will
automatically create new repositories in that directory.
However we still get this question asked a lot, either:
* from non-trial users setting up on a different server than what was used in trial
* from trial users with a repository 'copied' from a production server
I believe that the 'cannot rename file' message already says to check permissions - so enhancing the
error message will have limited value. Also the client message may be from Eclipse which doesn't
always show the full message.
The only thing I can think of is to either:
1. always set the permissions when a repo is created (option to disable)
2. always warn the administrator 'no one can check in until you set the NTFS permissions'
The danger with option 2 is that they then think NTFS permissions is a way to control access to the
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