I'll see if I can figure this out myself, but here's the case:
$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@common-lisp.net:/project/cl-ppcre/cvsroot login Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@common-lisp.net:2401/project/cl-ppcre/cvsroot CVS password: $ cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@common-lisp.net:/project/cl-ppcre/cvsroot co cl-ppcre cvs server: warning: cannot write to history file /project/cl-ppcre/cvsroot/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied cvs server: Updating cl-ppcre cvs server: failed to create lock directory for `/project/cl-ppcre/cvsroot/cl-ppcre' (/project/cl-ppcre/cvsroot/cl-ppcre/#cvs.lock): Permission denied cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `/project/cl-ppcre/cvsroot/cl-ppcre' cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
Iirc there have been similar problems before, right? What's the usual cause?
Cheers,
-- Nikodemus