Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> Richard Hansen <rhansen_at_bbn.com> writes:
>> Our solution: In a nutshell, the wrapper execs "/path/to/svnserve -t
>> --tunnel-user=<user_that_executed_the_wrapper>". This wrapper is meant
>> to be installed with the setuid bit set and owned by the user who has
>> read/write access to the repository database files ('svn'). Thus, when
>> user 'foo' executes the wrapper, the wrapper runs "/path/to/svnserve -t
>> --tunnel-user=foo" as user 'svn'. Thus, user 'foo' does not need
>> read/write access to the repository files, making it harder to bypass
>> the path-based access controls. The wrapper uses the getlogin() and
>> getpwuid(getuid()) POSIX functions to fetch the username of the user
>> that started the wrapper.
>
> Richard, are you still interested in contributing your wrapper? If so,
> could you please post it.
Yes, I still plan on contributing the wrapper. My company needs to
finish reviewing it (for copyright issues, obvious security bugs, etc.)
before I can post it. I expect to be able to post it some time next week.
-Richard
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Received on 2008-04-12 20:10:35 CEST