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Permissions for repositories with Apache

From: Steven Brown <swbrown_at_ucsd.edu>
Date: 2003-04-26 06:19:12 CEST

Hello, I've been playing around with getting dav/dav_svn setup with Apache,
but I can't figure out a good way to secure the thing so I was hoping to get
a few pointers. It seems like, due to unbelievably bad support in Apache
for UNIX users/permissions, I've got these options (this is a multiuser
system with shell access):

- Have each user run a separate Apache on a different port with their own
User/Group directive so they can serve and configure their own repositories.

- Have a special subversion-user Apache running on a different port that
only accesses subversion repositories owned by itself and require an admin
to setup every repository for every user, and apply every configuration
change they need.

Neither of these solutions seem very good. I'm probably missing the right
way, though, as I'm a bit new to securing Apache. Does anyone have some
tips on how to set up permissions so that repositories are secure on
multiuser systems, but don't require an admin to change configuration on
behalf of the user (like changing what HTTP-auth users have write access,
creating new repositories, etc.)?

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