Re: Subversion setup

On Jan 19, 2011, at 9:25 , Dave Pawson wrote:

> On 19 January 2011 07:36, Prabhu Gnana Sundar <prabhugs_at_collab.net> wrote:
>> Hi Dave,
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>> On Tuesday 18 January 2011 07:13 PM, Dave Pawson wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm resurrecting a subversion setup.
>>> subversion 1.6.5 on apache 2.
>>>
>>> Apache setup
>>> <Location /repos>
>>> Dav svn
>>> SVNParentPath /srv
>>> Authtype Basic
>>> AuthName "..."
>>> AuthuserFile /etc/svnauthfile
>>> Require valid-user
>>> </Location>
>>>
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>> Clearly, you are using Authz. But you have *missed* out the
>> "AuthzSVNAccessFile" in your config file, which could be something like,
>>
>> AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/path-authz-file
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> ? AFAIK I'm using basic http authorization?
> Authtype Basic?
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-book.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd.authn.basic
> AuthuserFile /etc/svnauthfile specifies the pwd file?
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> I have no need for path based permissions? It is advised against in
> fact in the book?

Hi Dave,

you're correct. The path-based permission scheme is optional. Most
Subversion servers don't need it.

Regards,
Steve

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