Re: Retrieving a list of usernames for a repository

On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 15:35 -0700, Zac Wolfe wrote:
> I’m working on a filesharing app that uses SVN on the backend and I
> need to implement per-user file-level permissions. Is there a command
> to retrieve a list of all valid users for a given repository (just the
> names, no passwords)?

Depends how you access the repository.

file://, or svn+ssh:// usually is dependent on /etc/shadow
and /etc/passwd The later of which is usually world readable.

svn:// uses a svnserve.conf file, you could filter out the users from
there.

http[s]:// requires an htpasswd file of some type to authenticate
against which has user names as the first argument and then a hash of
their passwords. This is more secure if it isn't world readable
like /etc/shadow - but it might be.

See the book for more info, chapter 6 is all about servers.
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch06.html

Cheers,
Chris

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