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RE: User authentication\authorization upper-lower case

From: Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:51:56 -0400

> Hi all. I have a problem with SVN. I have the (only) user
> 'test_user' (in the 'passwd' file) having 'rw' on the entire
> repository. Why am I able to get *authenticated* with the user
> 'TESTUSER' (but not *authorized* to commit)? Note that only
> authenticated user can access and read from my repository, so
> 'TESTUSER' should not be authenticated, as it happens for all the
> users not appearing in the passwd file, for example the 'BlaBlaBla'
> user.
> Thanks

You probably have anon access allowed. Are you using svn or apache/http? Perhaps showing us your config file would help. I think authorization is only applied to authenticated users.

BOb
Received on 2010-10-08 16:52:34 CEST

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