Re: Could svn check permissions?

e.huelsmann@gmx.net wrote:

> This restriction would apply to the abstract backend. But we have only the
> specialised berkeleyDB implementation. So I guess that if BDB does not check
> it, we will need to check it - waiting for BDB to get fixed (?).

There is nothing /wrong/ with BDB. Multiuser file access to Berkeley files is
well understood and documented:

        http://www.sleepycat.com/docs/ref/env/security.html

Follow those rules and there won't be a problem. There is no reason to spin CPU
cycles checking permissions if the files/directories are set up correctly the
first time.

> I think it *is* important to have clean and clear user interaction.
> Currently we do not (at this point).

Works fine unless you try and have multiple users accessing via file://, and
then you just have to follow the rules here:

        http://svnbook.red-bean.com/html-chunk/ch05s05.html

This is a non-issue, as far as I am concerned. Either set up all of your
interactions via http:// or svn://, or follow the instructions in the above page
to permit multi-user access.

John

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