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Re: svnadmin create and not being method agnostic

From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:28:10 -0600

On 12/28/10 11:11 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>
> Disabled entirely would be better, and safer, than empty. Subversion's
> security models have historically been very lax. This is inherited
> from its origins in CVS, and the attitude that "if you don't trust
> your machine, you shouldn't be using it!!!".

It's not exactly CVS's fault - it is extremely rare for any application to
manage it's own security at the level you want and unheard of for one that is
portable across platforms. And when they try, people complain that it isn't
integrated with the OS and is yet another password to write down or forget.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell_at_gmail.com
Received on 2010-12-28 20:28:50 CET

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