p4v getting files as writable

Perforce is downloading files to the external hard-drive connected to my MacBookPro as writable ("777"). It's as if the "allwrite" option is set in my workspace, but it's not.

I thought Perforce was supposed to mark the files read-only until I check them开发者_运维知识库 out. Is there a setting somewhere I missed?

Rev. P4V/MACOSX104U/2009.2/236331 MacBookPro OSX 10.5.8

Is your external hard-drive formated as hfs+? If it's FAT32, it will be 777 anyway.

Have you checked if Windows thinks the files are read only after syncing with the Mac client?

Perforce does not like it when you access the same disk location from two different workspaces, nor the same workspace from two different hosts. This is because the server tracks the state of the files on the client; you're begging for your local store to lose synchronization with the depot.

What are you really trying to accomplish here?

I would recommend that you forget about FAT32; put your Windows workspace on an NTFS volume and your Mac workspace on an HFS+ volume. Submit & sync to share the data. Storage is cheap.