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Re: Multiple repositories and Apache

From: Geoff Leyland <gley001_at_ec.auckland.ac.nz>
Date: 2004-04-22 02:01:04 CEST

 From my limited understanding, don't you need mod_authz_svn?
It's described in detail in chapter 6 (Per-Directory Access Control) of
the book http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

cheers,
Geoff

On 22/04/2004, at 11:45 AM, Balazs Wellisch wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm brand new to Subversion so please excuse my ignorance if the
> answer to
> this question is trivial, but I haven't been able to find it in either
> the
> book or the mailing lists.
>
> I would like to set up Apache so that my clients can access their
> repositories through my website. I want to make sure that users can
> browse
> their own repositories only. They should have absolutely no access to
> any
> other client's project.
>
> For example, I have three users who can access their own client areas
> on my
> server through their username.
>
> Directories:
> /home/user1/public_html
> /home/user2/public_html
> /home/user3/public_html
>
> Sites:
> http://www.domain.com/~user1/
> http://www.domain.com/~user2/
> http://www.domain.com/~user3/
>
> Now, I created a repository for each of them outside their home
> directory
> like so:
> /home/svnroot/user1
> /home/svnroot/user2
> /home/svnroot/user3
>
> So far so good. But, how do I configure Apache so each of these users
> can
> access their repositories? I'd like to give them access like so:
>
> http://www.domain.com/~user1/svn - map to - /home/svnroot/user1
> http://www.domain.com/~user2/svn - map to - /home/svnroot/user2
> http://www.domain.com/~user3/svn - map to - /home/svnroot/user3
>
> How do I make sure that the repositories are password protected and
> only the
> actual owner can access their own repository?
>
> Using the Apache <Location> directive I could only configure Apache to
> access the directories like this:
>
> http://www.domain.com/svnroot/user1
> http://www.domain.com/svnroot/user2
> http://www.domain.com/svnroot/user3
>
> My config file looks like this:
>
> <Location /svnroot>
> DAV svn
> SVNParentPath /home/svnroot
>
> # Limit write permission to list of valid users.
> <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
> # Require SSL connection for password protection.
> # SSLRequireSSL
>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "Neu Solutions Repository"
> AuthUserFile /var/www/data/htusers
> Require valid-user
> </LimitExcept>
> </Location>
>
> I could live with those URLs but the authentication is global, not
> repository specific! Do I have to add a specific <Location> tag for
> each
> repo?
>
> What am I missing here? Please help!
>
> Thank You,
> Balazs
>
>
>
>
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