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Re: A mod_svn_authz question.

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 22:43:08 -0400

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 18:33, Geoffrey Ducharme
<geoffrey.ducharme_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I was reading the Red Book and something is not clear to me. Are the authorization files for directory access loaded when Apache boots, or are accessed every time a relevant request that needs authorization is submitted to Apache?
>
> I'm asking this because we are going to support thousands of users with our deployment. Authorization of users and repositories are likely to change often and rebooting Apache would be a very painful operation and process.

They are read for each request. No Apache restart is required when
changing user passwords or authorization rules.
Received on 2010-05-02 04:44:02 CEST

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