Re: Case sensitivity in authz files

Philip Martin <philip.martin_at_wandisco.com> writes:

> Julian Foad <julianfoad_at_btopenworld.com> writes:
>
>> So what exactly is broken, behaviour-wise?  Is authorization done with
>> case-insensitive username checking in the server, and the "svnauthz"
>> tool is broken in that it fails to do case-insensitive matching of
>> usernames?  Or something else?
>
> The tool and the server do the same thing. Switch the lines in this
> authz file:
>
> [/]
> pm = rw
> PM = r
>
> to give this:
>
> [/]
> PM = r
> pm = rw
>
> Those two files grant different permissions to usernames pm and PM and
> the permissions granted are not "pm=rw" or "PM=r".
>
> The behaviour can be explained but is it correct?

Groups are involved as well:

  [groups]
  abcd = pm
  ABCD = PM

  [/]
  @ABCD = r
  @adcd = rw

Care to guess what permissions I get for pm and PM? What if I add a
final "@abCD ="?

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