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Re: can I have both HTTP and SVN protocols concurrently?

From: Mark Bohlman <mbohlman_at_tcicredit.com>
Date: 2004-09-22 19:01:35 CEST

Max Bowsher wrote:
> Glanville, Jay wrote:
>
>> Is it possible for me to have both svnserve and apache as my servers? I
>> want to use HTTP as my service protocol, but we're noticing some latency
>> issues, I believe due to the neon configuration problems [1]. So, for
>> those of our testers who are experiencing this problem, I'd like to use
>> the svn:// protocol. Is there anything preventing me from having my
>> server supply both HTTP and svn:// requests?
>
>
> This is perfectly fine.
>
> Just make sure the the permissions and umasks are set such that any new
> files created within the repository directory by the either server are
> read-writeable by the other server.
>
> Practically, this means ensuring a umask of either 0007 or 0002 is in
> use by both servers, and having the repository group-owned by some group
> that the users that apache and svnserve processes run as are members of,
> and setting setgid bit (chmod g+s) on the db directory of the repository
> and any subdirectories.
>
> Max.

Also make sure that you shut down BOTH means of access to the repository
if using BDB and doing any type of database administration. Not doing
so can easily cause a database problem.

-- Mark

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