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Re: authz problem: mixing anon access + protected directory.

From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:34:37 +0300 (Jerusalem Daylight Time)

C. Michael Pilato wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 at 14:21 -0400:
> Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > C. Michael Pilato wrote on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 at 16:35 -0400:
> > > Omry Yadan wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I believe I found a bug with the behavior of SVN when working with
> > > > directories protected in authz.
> > > >
> > > > I tested it with svn 1.5.
> > > >
> > > > my goal is to have a repository which is accessible anonymously, with a
> > > > protected directory that is only available to specific users.
> > > >
> > > > the problem is that when I check out from the repo, I don't get the
> > > > protected directory even when my user is supposed to have full (read
> > > > write) access to it (when I check-out, the protected dir is skipped).
> > > You'll want to read this:
> > > http://blogs.open.collab.net/svn/2007/03/authz_and_anon_.html
> > >
> >
> > Which (if any) of the workarounds described there is implemented for the
> > svn-org repository? Is there a reason we don't use the last one (quoted
> > below)?
> >
> > """
> > Finally, you could setup a second <Location> block in your
> > httpd.conf file which points to the same repository but with
> > a slightly different URL (for example, with "-no-anon" appended to
> > it). In this block, disallow anonymous access. Then add a matching
> > redundant entry in your authz file, too:
> > [repository-no-anon:/]
> > * = @writers = rw
> > """
>
> I am using that workaround for svn-org.
> http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn-org-no-anon/
>
>

Thanks! I should have guessed that. :(

Daniel

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