Subversion uses "GET", "PROPFIND", "OPTIONS", and "REPORT" in doing read
operations
and other HTTP commands when doing write operations. Apache handles those
commands
and forwards them to svn after it validates you as an user has access to
those commands.
Kevin R.
Oliver Marshall <oliver.marshall_at_g2support.com> wrote on 01/21/2009
10:16:29 AM:
> Ahh cheers. So the ?GET?, ?PROPFIND? etc are Apache oriented rather than
> specific to SVN itself?
>
> Great.
>
> From: kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com [mailto:kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com]
> Sent: 21 January 2009 16:00
> To: Oliver Marshall
> Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: LDAP and LIMIT params in Locations
>
>
> The limit/limitexcept sections allow you to have separate read/only and
> read/write groups.
>
> For example (Group xxx has read/write access, Group yyy only has read
access):
>
> # These groups have write access
> <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
> Require ldap-group CN=xxx,OU=Groups,DC=company,DC=com
> </LimitExcept>
>
> # These groups have read access
> <Limit GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
> Require ldap-group CN=xxx,OU=Groups,DC=company,DC=com
> Require ldap-group CN=yyy,OU=Groups,DC=company,DC=com
> </Limit>
>
> The apache docs have more detailed info. (This is really an apache
related question,
> and has nothing to do with Subversion itself.)
>
> Kevin R.
>
> Oliver Marshall <oliver.marshall_at_g2support.com> wrote on 01/21/2009
06:55:26 AM:
>
> > Hi chaps,
> >
> > I?ve got SVN working with LDAP on Apache so that users are
authenticated
> > against the Windows server here. However I do have a question.
> >
> > In lots of examples I see something like this;
> >
> > <location /svn>
> >
> > <limit this that the-other>
> > LDAP AUTH HERE
> > </limit>
> >
> > </location>
> >
> >
> > Now, I?m not using a LIMIT parameter in my dav_svn.conf file. I just
have the
> > locations with the LDAP stuff and requirements under each one.
> >
> > Should I be using the LIMIT param at all? Does it bring anything to
the party?
> >
> > Olly
> >
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