Re: svn auth, WAS: RE: Auth in ra_dav

On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 12:41:22PM -0500, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> "Sander Striker" <striker@apache.org> writes:
>
> > > [...]
> > > >> If you want to understand our PAM-like authentication, look at:
> > > >>
> > > >> * subversion/include/svn_ra.h
> > > >> * subversion/libsvn_client/auth.c
> > > >> * issue #456, for future plans.
> >
> > Hmmm, maybe subversion/svn_repos/hooks.txt is a good one to add to
> > this list too. The read/write sentinels eliminate all comments
> > below...
>
> Exactly.
>
> If you want fancy roles and custom authorization rules, write it, and
> talk to it via hook scripts. :-)
>
> Otherwise, svn 1.0 will probably use simple authorization built into
> Apache.

I wouldn't exactly call it "simple" :-)

It can do a lot of different things, but I think the issue is more along the
lines of "can it do it precisely <this> way?" And when that comes up, we can
use a custom Apache module (best), or we can use hooks in various ways.

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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