Date Created: Wed 22-Sep-2010

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    Why does the group in my ClearCase view have only read execute and not write

    [vobadmin@clearcase ~]$ cleartool mkview -tag test_view -host localhost.localdomain -hpath /viewstore01/test_view.vws -gpath /viewstore01/test_view.vws /viewstore01/test_view.vws
    Created view.
    Host-local path: localhost.localdomain:/viewstore01/test_view.vws
    Global path: /viewstore01/test_view.vws
    It has the following rights:
    User : vobadmin : rwx
    Group: ccusr1 : r-x
    Other: : r-x



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    On Linux and the UNIX system, the initial protection mode depends on the umask of the user who creates the view. A umask is a setting supported on Linux and the UNIX system, that specifies that some permissions are not granted when the user creates a file. (For details, see the umask reference page on Linux or the UNIX system.) When a user creates a view, Rational ClearCase begins with read, write, and execute permissions for all users and then removes the permissions specified by the user's umask. For example, if the user's umask is 002, write permission for others is removed by Rational ClearCase.

    To locate the view storage directory and display the owner, group, and protection mode for a view, use the cleartool lsview command with the -properties and -full options:

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    If you type umask, the result will be 022, which means that your default ownwership will be the inverse which is 755. We want 775, so we need a umask of 002.

    Remove the view, and re-create after the umask has been set.

    ct rmview /viewstore01/test_view.vws
    ct rmtag -view test_view

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    [vobadmin@clearcase ~]$ cleartool mkview -tag test_view -host localhost.localdomain -hpath /viewstore01/test_view.vws -gpath /viewstore01/test_view.vws /viewstore01/test_view.vws
    Created view.
    Host-local path: localhost.localdomain:/viewstore01/test_view.vws
    Global path: /viewstore01/test_view.vws
    It has the following rights:
    User : vobadmin : rwx
    Group: ccusr1 : rwx
    Other: : r-x

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