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Re: authz question

From: Dan Crosta <dcrosta_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2006-09-26 18:19:58 CEST

Ah hah!

Needed to add 'Allow from all' to the Apache config, thus making the
'Satisfy Any' meaningful. Probably this should get updated in the svn
book, which example does not show that [1]. Who should I ping about
that?

- d

[1] http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.httpd.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd.authz.perdir
see example 6.3

On 9/26/06, Dan Crosta <dcrosta@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, here's what I currently have, and I think it should do what I want:
>
> [/]
> dcrosta = rw
>
> [/trunk/module]
> dcrosta = rw
> * = r
>
> however, the svn client is still prompting me for a username, which
> leads me to believe that I have misconfigured apache somehow, so that
> it is not allowing any kind of anonymous access (i tested this by
> removing all rules and simply putting * = rw in [/]). here's my apache
> config, does anything look obviously wrong?
>
> ----
> <Location "/src">
> DAV svn
> SVNPath /Users/dcrosta/Data/svn
>
> AuthZSVNAccessFile /Users/dcrosta/Sites/trac/conf/trac.authz
>
> # try anonymous access first (with AuthZ),
> # then resort to authenticated access
> Satisfy Any
> Require valid-user
>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "Dan's Source"
> AuthUserFile /Users/dcrosta/Sites/trac/conf/trac.htpasswd
> </Location>
> ----
>
> Interestingly, I can use a browser to browse /trunk/module without any
> trouble, and get prompted for a username and password whenever I try
> to go outside of that -- why is the svn client acting differently?
> I've tested it with svn clients on a few different architectures and
> versions (cygwin @ 1.3.2, OS X @ 1.2.3), all with no luck.
>
> - d
>
>
> On 9/25/06, Shaun Johnson <shaun.johnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dan,
> >
> > If I read your original question right you are assuming that Subversion will
> > grant you rw access to the entire tree because you have assigned your rw at
> > the root. This is not the case. Subversion starts at the bottom and works
> > it's way up until it finds a rule that matches your account.
> >
> > In your original example you had:
> >
> > [/]
> > dcrosta = rw
> >
> > [/trunk]
> > * = r
> >
> > [/trunk/module]
> > * = r
> >
> > [/trunk/othermod]
> > * =
> >
> > [/trunk/thirdmod]
> > * =
> >
> > If you (dcrosta) try to access /trunk/othermod Subversion will look in the
> > authz file for a path that matches /trunk/othermod with an access rule that
> > matches your account. In this case /trunk/othermod matches the path and *
> > matches all users, which includes you. Therefore, you get "no access" to
> > this path.
> >
> > If you try to access /trunk/project/test Subversion will look in the authz
> > file for /trunk/project/test and will not find a match. So it moves up a
> > level and checks for /trunk/project. Again, no luck. It moves up another
> > level and tries /trunk. That path matches and the * access rule matches all
> > users so Subversion gives you read access to /trunk/project/test.
> >
> > Now on the second part of your last email. Subversion will use the most
> > specific access rule that matches your account. It then moves out to the
> > more general rules.
> >
> > For example if we have the following:
> >
> > [/trunk]
> > * =
> > @somegroup = r
> > dcrosta = rw
> >
> > If you access /trunk with dcrosta you will get rw access, since it is the
> > most specific rule that matches your account.
> >
> > The only thing I don't know is what Subversion will do in this situation:
> >
> > [/branches]
> > @developers = rw
> > @managers = r
> >
> > If your account is a member of both developers and managers, I don't have
> > any idea what level of access you end up with. I hope that you would get rw,
> > but I just don't know.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Shaun
> >
> >
> > On 9/25/06, Dan Crosta <dcrosta@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK -- I've re-read that section, and it sounds like this
> > > configuration, though verbose, ought to work:
> > >
> > > ----
> > > [/]
> > > dcrosta = rw
> > > * = r
> > >
> > > [/trunk]
> > > * = r
> > >
> > > [/trunk/module]
> > > * = r
> > >
> > > [/trunk/othermod]
> > > * =
> > > ----
> > >
> > > what it actually seems to be doing is overriding it so that I only
> > > have acess to /, /trunk and /trunk/dtk, and so that *nobody* has
> > > access to /trunk/othermod. In other words, * matches everyone and more
> > > general definitions are overriding the more specific ones. order does
> > > not seem to matter, at least not so long as the definitions are
> > > unique.
> > >
> > > does anyone know if this is correct behavior of mod_dav_svn (or
> > > whatever is actually responsible for applying rules for authz)? I have
> > > 1.2.3 installed.
> > >
> > > - d
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/25/06, Mark <mark@mitsein.net> wrote:
> > > > You're fine. Please see:
> > > >
> > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.httpd.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd.authz.perdir
> > > >
> > > > It looks like if you don't use the SVNParentPath setting, you don't
> > > > need to put the repository name in the authz setting.
> > > >
> > > > On 9/25/06, Dan Crosta < dcrosta@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > (apologies, mark, for the double mail, i keep expecting gmail to
> > reply-all...)
> > > > >
> > > > > Maybe I've been confusing the terminology: there is only one
> > > > > repository, but several... well, CVS called the modules, but I guess
> > > > > they are actually paths within the repository, is that right? That is,
> > > > > the repository has:
> > > > >
> > > > > /tags
> > > > > /branches
> > > > > /trunk
> > > > > /module
> > > > > /othermodule
> > > > > /thirdmodule
> > > > >
> > > > > - d
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 9/25/06, Mark <mark@mitsein.net> wrote:
> > > > > > Yes, because you are accessing one authz file for many repositories,
> > right?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 9/25/06, Dan Crosta <dcrosta@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > Is this true even if I'm using SVNPath in httpd.conf, not
> > SVNParentPath?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - d
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 9/25/06, Dan Crosta <dcrosta@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Is this true even if I'm using SVNPath in httpd.conf, not
> > SVNParentPath?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > - d
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 9/25/06, Mark <mark@mitsein.net > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > the authz config for mod_svn_authz is slightly different than
> > for
> > > > > > > > > svnserve. You need to specify the name of the repository. So
> > if your
> > > > > > > > > repository name is goodstuff:
> > > > > > > > > [/]
> > > > > > > > > dcrosta = rw
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > [goodstuff:/trunk]
> > > > > > > > > * =r
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > etc
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 9/25/06, Dan Crosta <dcrosta@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > i have a repository i use to track all my source code, some
> > of which i
> > > > > > > > > > want to make publicly available, but most of which i want to
> > keep
> > > > > > > > > > private. i'm using mod_dav_svn and mod_svn_authz for
> > repository access
> > > > > > > > > > and control, and have followed the pattern at
> > svnbook.red-bean.com for
> > > > > > > > > > anonymous or authenticated access, with an authz file like
> > this:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > ----
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > [/]
> > > > > > > > > > dcrosta = rw
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > [/trunk]
> > > > > > > > > > * = r
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > [/trunk/module]
> > > > > > > > > > * = r
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > [/trunk/othermod]
> > > > > > > > > > * =
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > [/trunk/thirdmod]
> > > > > > > > > > * =
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > ----
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > which, if i understand correctly, should allow anonymous
> > access to
> > > > > > > > > > /trunk/module, but not to any other part of the repository,
> > and allow
> > > > > > > > > > me access to any of the repository. however, this is not
> > working.
> > > > > > > > > > checkout and export are prompting for a password, but the
> > list command
> > > > > > > > > > quite happily lists contents of /trunk/module. have i messed
> > something
> > > > > > > > > > up?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > alternately, is there an easier way to give access to just a
> > portion
> > > > > > > > > > of the repository? i tried leaving out the section for
> > [/trunk] and
> > > > > > > > > > for [/trunk/othermod] and [/trunk/thirdmod] ... that
> > configuration
> > > > > > > > > > doesn't allow anonymous users to list /trunk (fine by me),
> > it does
> > > > > > > > > > allow anonymous to list /trunk/module (good), but still
> > won't allow
> > > > > > > > > > anonymous to check out from anywhere.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > - d
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