Login to Vault from 2 different PCs using same username

adrian109 · Post by **adrian109** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:27 pm

I am currently setup at work with the username adrianw which works fine. I am now wanting to do work at home as well.

Is it safe/possible for me to sign in at home on a different computer to vault using the same username ?

What would happen if I tried to check out a file that was already checked out on my work computer and I was using the same username ?

Your help would be appreciated.

dan · Post by **dan** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:02 pm

It should work fine - checkouts are done by machine name, so the client will keep track of which files are checked out to which machines, although the same username will appear in the client for who has the files checked out. The properties dialog in Vault will tell you where the file is checked out to (and you can also turn on the checkout location column in the Vault options)

In addition, your home machine could work in CVS mode, where you don't have to check out the file in order to check it in - it would just pick up which files have been edited.

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:07 pm

What would happen if I tried to check out a file that was already checked out on my work computer and I was using the same username ?

You can check out files from more than one machine, provided that Vault is configured to allow multiple checkouts and you do not check files out exclusively.

The thing to remember is that when you checkin a file, you will be checking in changes you made to the file on the machine you are currently using. The file on your work machine may also have been modified and those changes will need to be merged in later.