[p4] A critical permisson in perforce

[Robert Cowham]

A pre-submit trigger can do this, perhaps in conjunction with some
permissions.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com 
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of - C Saha -
> Sent: 18 May 2006 05:10
> To: p4sync at yahoo.com; perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: [p4] A critical permisson in perforce
> 
> Hi All 
>    
>   Here is a critical situation in granting permission in perforce ...
>    
>    
>   Mr X wants 
>    
>     
>    Read/Write access to //hardware depot to be restricted to 
> Mr Y, Mr Z and myself (Mr X)   
>    Read/Write access to //hardware/*/. be granted to all 
> others that currently have read/write access to //hardware/.
>   In other words, if there are no files in //hardware/foo 
> then only the above 3 people can create a file under foo.  
> However, if //hardware/foo already has one or more files 
> submitted under it, then all others with read/write access 
> can create under foo.
>    
>   The intent is to keep the top level of the //hardware/... 
> depot from being populated by anyone except for the group 
> explicitly granted permission.