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Re: Questions about Subversion...

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:35:27 -0400

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 04:47, Ivan Zhakov <ivan_at_visualsvn.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Rory Clark <roryslists_at_clarkzoo.org> wrote:
>> Integration of Subversion with LDAP and ActiveDirectory for authentication
>> of users. I see in the Red-Bean book that system accounts over SSH on
>> SVNSERVE are supported, but does this apply to ActiveDirectory on Windows
>> based installations as well? It looks like we would need to run an Apache
>> web server for this, even on Windows. Is this correct?
>>
> VisualSVN Server 1.5 [1] supports authentication for Active Directory users.

I think it can be done with any Apache install with the correct
modules; VisualSVN packages it all up and proves a nice admin
interface to make it all much, much easier.

>> Does SVN support the ability to apply policies over directories? For
>> example, can I limit access to specific directories under the tree to
>> different groups with different levels reading and writing capabilities? Can
>> I take it one step further and lock down the tree and prevent commits to it,
>> like in the situation where we have a release candidate and we don't want
>> anyone making unapproved check-ins?
> Yes, Subversion (and VisualSVN Server of course) supports security
> policies for directories. Check "Per-Directory Access Control" chapter
> in SVN book [2] or use VisualSVN Server management console to
> configure them.
>
> [1] http://www.visualsvn.com/server/
> [2] http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.serverconfig.httpd.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd.authz.perdir
>
> --
> Ivan Zhakov
> VisualSVN Team
>
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