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Re: file:/// url schema

From: Matthew Hannigan <mlh_at_zip.com.au>
Date: 2007-10-04 03:59:15 CEST

On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 02:28:01AM -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> Please don't. Use file:/// protocol only for testing or for a single
> developer on a local machine. Anything more than that and you should
> set up a server. Otherwise, you have to give all people complete
> access to the repository files, meaning they can circumvent any
> access controls or hooks you may want to install, and they can even
> accidentally erase the entire thing. Just don't do it. Set up
> svnserve. It's easy. Or set up Apache if you need more features.

It'd be nice if svnserve had more authentication options.
e.g. PAM

Apache is a lot more work than just using file or svnserve.

Matt

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