Re: Subversion authentication on Unix

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:05 PM, S M <smpub2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I installed Collabnet Subversion 1.4.6-2 on Solaris 10, using svnserve. I have following questions:
>
> 1. Can Subversion server use Unix login information for username/passwd authentication, preferably using svnserve method. If so, what are the steps for this configuration. If its not possible with svnserve, how can I configure it with Apache to use Unix account info.
>

Sure. With the assumption that ssh is available, use svn+ssh:// mechanism.

> 2. The authentication settings used to be in the conf directory of the repository. But with this Collabnet version, the authentication information is configured through the "Configure-CollabNet-Subversion" script and is saved elsewhere. Where is the information saved.
>
> 3. If read-anonymous is allowed on the server, svn client does not prompt for user/passwd information. How can this be set, specifically for command-line and Tortoise SVN clients.
>

Not sure what I am missing here -- if you want authentication prompt
for anonymous read, then don't set read permission on anon-access :-)

Regards,
-Hari

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Received on 2008-04-15 06:18:40 CEST