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Re: --root not recognized

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2007b_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: 2007-11-22 09:09:00 CET

On Nov 21, 2007, at 16:26, Rolf Schumacher wrote:

>>> I have the subversion package installed (apt-get install
>>> subversion) and
>>> I can communicate with the server over the internet, however,
>>> only by
>>> svn+ssh://, while svn:// does not work.
>>
>> I'm not sure if that surprises you, but just in case let me
>> repeat: svn+ssh
>> means that the svn client creates a SSH connection to the machine,
>> starts an
>> svnserve instance there and tunnels the IO through the SSH
>> connection. That
>> means that no system-wide service needs to be started or
>> registered with
>> svn+ssh!
>
> Ok, the term "starts an svnserve instance" surely suprises me:
> I have to become more familiar with ssh tunneling.
> Who directs the ssh tunnel in how to start svnserve?
> Where is that behavior configured?
> How can I apply the --root parameter to that start of svnserve?

Try this:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/
svn.serverconfig.svnserve.html#svn.serverconfig.svnserve.sshauth

And the next section:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/
svn.serverconfig.svnserve.html#svn.serverconfig.svnserve.sshtricks

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