How to use LDAP Groups With Subversion's Authz File

Subversion's authz architecture requires your group definitions to be defined within the authz file. Subversion's authz architecture is also unaware of third-party data stores for users/groups. This means that if you do not define your group within the authz file, Subversion will not know whether a user is a member of said group and will ultimately tell you that you do not have access to a resource.

The current problem is that with this server configuration, either you cannot harness group models defined in your directory server or you have to manually synchronize your group models from your directory server to Subversion's authz file. There are many downsides to doing things this way:

It's time consuming
It's easy to forget that changes have been made and need to be mirrored
It's very easy to make mistakes when doing it yourself
...
So while using LDAP for Subversion authentication is a dream, things are not so nice when it comes to reusing your group models for authz that are defined in your directory server.

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