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Re: SVN + LDAP

From: Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.connolly_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:54:27 +0000

My :-( about windows is more about how to get integration with active
directory authentication (strangely enough)

2009/3/18 Modha Khammammettu <MKhammammettu_at_calcas.com>

>
> This gets me concerned is there a problem with Windows and SVN?
> Is there a recommended OS for best performance?
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Stephen Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.connolly_at_gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:12 PM
> *To:* Jeremy Whitlock
> *Cc:* Modha Khammammettu; users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> *Subject:* Re: SVN + LDAP
>
>
>
> 2009/3/18 Jeremy Whitlock <jcscoobyrs_at_gmail.com>
>
>> > I heard using LDAP authentication slows down SVN Server, is it the case.
>>
>> Well, there is some extra overhead of course so slow downs should be a
>> given. I mean, there is the network communication from the Subversion
>> server to the directory server, there is the binding to the directory
>> server and then there is the query required to authenticate the user.
>
>
> That is why I went for the saslauthd route as it will cache the
> authentication so that if you're commmitting all day you don't get the
> overhead.
>
>
>> It is unavoidable but in most cases, it's better than tolerable.
>>
>> > If there are no issues with SVN + LDAP can you please point me to
>> > documentation on best method of making this happen.
>> > I googled and then got a ton of different links each with different
>> methods.
>>
>> Doesn't get much easier than this:
>>
>> http://blogs.open.collab.net/svn/2009/03/subversion-with-apache-and-ldap-updated.html
>>
>
> Or there's my blog on svn + saslauthd + active directory (running svn on
> centos)
>
>
> http://javaadventure.blogspot.com/2008/11/howto-centos-5-apache-22-subversion-15.html
>
>
>> > I have SVN on windows server.
>>
>> Sorry to hear that. With this being the case, I'm sure you're
>> connecting to Active Directory. Make sure to read the part about
>> using a Global Catalog.
>
>
> Sorry to hear that also ;-)
>
>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Take care,
>>
>> Jeremy Whitlock
>> http://www.thoughtspark.org
>>
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