On 7/12/06, Don Wehunt <don.wehunt@markettools.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> I'm having a little trouble getting my apache/svn system to behave the way I
> want it to. Hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
>
> Version Details:
> Apache 2.0
> Subversion version 1.2.3 (r15833)
> Subversion client TortoiseSVN 1.3.2, Build 5840 - 32 Bit
>
> In brief, I need to provide webdav access to a few child directories of my
> subversion repository to some contractors. I do not want them to have root
> access to the repository, so I need to figure out a way to relax security on
> these directories without giving these guys access to the root of my
> repository. Is that possible?
>
> Here's a peek at the relevant entries for my httpd.conf file and basically
> what is happening with the way it's currently setup:
>
> The contractors are able browse to the explicit URL via IE, but Tortoise
> will not allow them entry with the same URL. They are first prompted for the
> subdirectory auth realm that they are trying to access - "Subversion
> Repository (Questionnaire Helpers Area)" for example. After entering their
> password and getting past that prompt, they are then prompted by the root
> repository auth realm - "Subversion Repository (Development)" And since I
> have not defined permissions on that level for them they are rejected.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
> <Location /repos/dev>
> DAV svn
> SVNPath D:/subversion/repos/dev
>
> AuthName "Subversion Repository (Development)"
> AuthType Basic
> AuthUserFile "D:/subversion/svn.pass"
> AuthGroupFile "D:/subversion/svn.groups"
> Require group group1 group2 group3 group4
> </Location>
>
> <Location
> /repos/dev/ztel/mt/trunk/files/zscripts/definitions/library>
> AuthName "Subversion Repository (Questionnaire Helpers Area)"
> AuthType Basic
> AuthUserFile "D:/subversion/svn.pass"
> AuthGroupFile "D:/subversion/svn.groups"
> Require group group1 group2 group3 group4 group5
> </Location>
>
> <Location
> /repos/dev/ztel/mt/trunk/files/zscripts/definitions/tools/application>
> AuthName "Subversion Repository (Data Script Assistants -
> Application Area)"
> AuthType Basic
> AuthUserFile "D:/subversion/svn.pass"
> AuthGroupFile "D:/subversion/svn.groups"
> Require group group1 group2 group3 group4 group5
> </Location>
>
> Please help!! Thanks!
You cannot control access to subdirectories in a repository via
httpd.conf level directives, you need to use something like
mod_authz_svn for that.
-garrett
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Received on Thu Jul 13 00:38:49 2006