Elements are controlled by Rational® ClearCase® permissions,
as described in the permissions reference page in the IBM Rational ClearCase Command Reference, not by the access
modes for files and directories that are set by the operating system. When
your view selects a checked-in version of an element, all of its write permissions
are turned off. When you check out an element, write permissions are added
to the view-private copy.
UNIX tip: Because file elements are read-only, the mode
to which your umask is applied is
444 (not
666)
for a file element. When you convert a view-private file to an element, its
read and execute rights become those of the new element.
Windows tip: When you convert
a view-private file to an element, its access mode is changed to read-only.
To add execute permission for an executable element, use
protect -chmod
+x (see the
protect reference page in the
IBM Rational ClearCase Command Reference).