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Re-synchronizing after changing permission to view in ClearCase

I created a new ClearCase view on a Linux machine. And it was synchronized into the Windows machine where the developers work. However, I found that the permissions for the view was wrong and I modified the permission for the view using the chgrp command in Linux.

I have two questions:

  1. Is this the correct way to change permissions for the view in ClearCase in Unix?
  2. Is there a possibility to re-synchronize with Windows region after the change in permission is made?
Solution

  • I have never changed permission on the filesystem itself (in your case, the vws view storage root folder)

    If a cleartool desc -l -full -pro aview gives the wrong group, I would use fix_prot, as illustrated here.

    alias sfp sudo /usr/atria/etc/utils/fix_prot

sfp -force -rec -chown <owner> -chgrp <ClearCaseUsers> -chmod 775 /path/to/viewStorage/yourView.vws
sfp -force -root -chown <owner> -chgrp <ClearCaseUsers> /path/to/viewStorage/yourView.vws

    On a Windows client, I would typically do:

    set CLEARCASE_PRIMARY_GROUP=aGroup
doskey fp=c:\Rational\ClearCase\etc\utils\fix_prot.exe -force -chgrp "aGroup" -chown aLogin $*
fp -rec -chmod 775 \\UNC\Path\to\view.vws
fp -root \\UNC\Path\to\view.vws