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Re: AuthzSVNAccessFile limitations

From: <kmradke_at_rockwellcollins.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:17:24 -0500

> > I looked everywhere for this info and I have not foud it.
> >
> > I am quiting trying to control access with LDAP groups but I am
> > keeping the authentication.
> >
> > So, I decided to use the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive to make groups
> > and control the access to some repos, projects and paths. I tested
> > with a small groups and it works fine.
> > My problem is that some groups are huge, like hundreds of users. Is
> > there any kind of limitation for this file? Can I specify a group in
> > more than on line?
> >
> > And most important, is there a better way of doing this access
> > management for a big amount of users and groups? Golden question!
> I tested with groups with thousand of users without any problem. All the

>
> users are specified in the same line.

You can also use multiple lines if you make sure to use whitespace
at the beginning of the additional lines:
(No idea if this is officially documented, but it does work to
 make the authz files much more readable)

[groups]
myGroup=bob,
        sue,
        george,
        sally,
        fred

anotherGroup=userA,
             userB,
             userC

Kevin R.
Received on 2011-03-21 14:18:00 CET

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