Hello everybody,
To cut to the gist I am looking for a way for my SVN users to be able to
change their own SVN passwords.
Some background information first.
Subversion 1.4.4 is installed on a Linux 2.6 kernel box. My developers
work on Windows, AIX or Solaris using http. The Subversion server is not
visible outside of our network (so simple http is fine). I have several
repositories and for each of them I have set up a htpasswd-style file
because I have to keep control of which user has access to which
repository. As part of our development process they all have an account
on the Subversion server too.
Everything works fine, they can checkout, commit, do everything they
need to. But their SVN password is always the same (it's actually the
same password for everybody as, honestly, I couldn't be bothered to give
them different passwords).
I would like either for them to use their account password with
Subversion (they know already how to use passwd) or a nice friendly way
for them to change the Subversion passwords.
I have search through the archive and I did find lots of articles that
suggest basically two ways: using PAM and using a CGI script. This seems
exactly what I am looking for. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think
I can use LDAP or AD because I don't use Windows exclusively.
I don't know Apache that well, just the basic to get it running and to
configure Subversion, so I'm not very confident I could set up PAM
correctly. Also, I don't think I could have the option to select which
user has access to which repository (I can always change the pre-commit
hook I know, but that would prevent unauthorized commit only, not
checkouts).
The CGI script seems a very good idea, especially because I have already
set up ViewVC and I remember it was easy-peasy. However, the links I
found seem to be not available anymore (the email are about 3 years
old).
As you can see I am a bit stuck. I know this is not strictly a
Subversion issue, but I know that many others had the same problem and I
am sure they have sorted it out somehow. So what I'm really looking for
is some guidance and expertise.
Thanks in advance
Giulio Troccoli
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Received on 2008-03-19 13:45:22 CET