How do SVNPath and SVNParentPath for mod_authz_svn determine the repository name?

Hi all,

Strange observation:

If my apache config has this:
   <Location /viewcvs/viewcvs.py/ctk>
     SVNPath /cluster_b/data/svn-repositories/ctk
     AuthzSVNAccessFile /cluster_b/system/etc/svn/web_auth.conf
     Include
/cluster_b/system/etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/svn-443/authorise_and_authenticate.inc
   </Location>

The permissions controlling access will be determined by the [ctk:/] block in
my web_auth.conf file.

If I change SVNPath to this:

     SVNParentPath /cluster_b/data/svn-repositories

all is still well.

However, if I do this:-

  <Location ~ "/viewcvs/viewcvs.py/.+">
     SVNParentPath /cluster_b/data/svn-repositories

The block that matches in web_auth.conf must now look like this:-

  [viewcvs:/viewcvs.py/ctk]

Am I doing something wrong?
Is this a bug with mod_authz_svn?
Is this something I don't understand about how Location ~ (otherwise known as
LocationMatch) works?

This isn't stopping my doing anything, but does lead to a messier
configuration file. The reason is that I need /viewcvs/viewcvs.py/ to be
readable to all without an auth prompt and I can achieve this either the first
way or the third way, but the second way causes a prompt (as I'd expect) on
the top URL (/viewcvs/viewcvs.py/) when I only want prompts below that.

The first way I end up with multiple Location blocks for each
/viewcvs/viewcvs.py/repos, each using SVNPath. This works.

The third way I end up with a single Location ~ block but have to define my
permissions twice in my web_auth.conf file, once for the DAV access in
[repos:/] form, and once for ViewCVS access in [viewcvs:/viewcvs.py/repos] form.

Your thoughts appreciated!

Ximon

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Received on Thu Sep 15 23:19:45 2005