Re: Subversion User Administration Concern

"Keith Craig" <KeithC@VertigoSoftware.com> writes:

> My understanding is that, to change the user permissions to a
> repository, we need to restart Apache, thereby bringing Subversion
> down briefly?

I think you're imagining that the svn repository is a real set of
files that you tweak the permissions on. You don't. The repository
filesystem is completely imaginary, existing only within a bunch of db
files. You make sure the httpd-process has full read/write permission
to the repository db files, and you're done, no more permission
tweaking.

To add or remove users, just add or remove lines from the user-file
you tell apache to authenticate against. No need to restart apache.

To add a new repository, just create a new one. If it's within a
SVNParentPath <Location>, you don't need to restart apache either.

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Received on Thu May 22 19:28:25 2003