Re: Question on authorization

Schmitt, Michael wrote:

> One way out of this dilemma might be a hook script. In particular,
> tools/hook-scripts/commit-access-control.pl.in looks interesting. I can
> integrate it into hook "start-commit" but how about "update" operations?

Nope, the hooks only block writing, not reading. Someday we hope to
have read-hooks as well.

> Are there any plans to integrate fine-grained authorization directly
> into svnserve?

Yup, someday. Just didn't happen for 1.0.

> On the other hand, the Apache solution allows authorization on
> the file level. But setting up a web server is an absolute overkill in
> our project.

It really isn't as big a deal as you think. This is your only solution
for now. Run apache2 on a high port, and use it as a dedicated svn server.

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Received on Tue Mar 9 00:12:37 2004