[cvsnt] Re: chacl problem configuring access to individual files

[Gerhard Fiedler]

Arthur Barrett wrote:

>> cvsnt rchacl -a read -u testuser project-root-dir 
>> cvsnt rchacl -a read,write -u testuser project-root-dir/subdir/testfile 

>> so (guessing) the lack of directory write permission appears to be
>> overriding my file write permission. 

> Whether your scenario constitutes a bug or not would require some debate
> on the newsgroup - anyone else commenting? 

I'd expect a more specific setting to override a more general setting, so
giving write access to a specific file should IMO override the missing
write access on the directory. 

What would be the rationale for the write access on the file being
overridden by the missing write access on the directory? In that case, what
would be the purpose of being able to grant write access to a file?

Gerhard