Re: On commit attempt, Server sent unexpected return value (403 Forbidden) in response to CHECKOUT

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:13 AM,  <Benjamin.Ortega_at_wellsfargo.com> wrote:
>> Wow...for some reason I was under the impression that file level restrictions didn't work...I really don't know why, but there it is.
>>
>> I don't suppose there's a way to use wild cards in the path as well?
>
> Wild-cards are not supported in authz.
>
> If you only needed this to protect writes, then you can do it with a
> pre-commit hook.  The SVN repository contains svnperms.py which can do
> this:
>
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/tools/hook-scripts/
>
> However, if you need to protect read access, you cannot do it via a
> hook and the Subversion authz module does not support wildcards.

Also, see:

http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2662 - authz with wildcards

Still an open issue however ...

Cheers,

-- 
Johan