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RE: repo on Windows -- why not?

From: Bert Huijben <bert_at_qqmail.nl>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:18:09 +0200

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blair Zajac [mailto:blair_at_orcaware.com]
> Sent: donderdag 28 april 2011 19:39
> To: Danil Shopyrin
> Cc: Michael Hüttermann; Bob Archer; users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: repo on Windows -- why not?
>
> On 4/28/11 9:42 AM, Danil Shopyrin wrote:
> >> are there any arguments to prefer Windows? (beside arguments that you
> drive
> >> a Windows shop)
> >> ok, looks like I have to adjust the section a bit.
> >
> > It's also very important to integrate Subversion seamlessly with
> > Active Directory and other existing Windows infrastructure (it applies
> > to Windows shops, of course).
>
> Just to add a bit to this, if one has Active Directory but uses Unix
servers,
> one doesn't have to deploy on Windows to authenticate, can use LDAP in
> httpd to
> authenticate against AD.

But currently this doesn't support NTLM/SSPI yet where you don't have to
use/cache your credentials. Using mod_auth_sspi in Apache on Windows (or
VisualSVN server, which does the same thing + adds their own extensions)
does support that.

        Bert
Received on 2011-04-28 20:18:45 CEST

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