Re: file:/// url schema

Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> 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.
>

It's not a lot of work on platforms that have packaged versions of
apache and mod_dav_svn.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@gmail.com
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