Re: Authentication in Subversion 1.8+

My guess is that it is somehow related to inherited properties.

https://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#iprops

Eric.

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Mark Bidewell <mbidewel_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> We have a Subversion repository which by default requires authentication
> disables all anonymous access, but enables anonymous access for certain
> directories. For Subversion 1.6 and 1.7 clients this works fine for
> anonymous access. However, when using Subversion 1.8 and 1.9, a request
> for the same directory that worked fine under 1.7 requires authentication.
> A quick wireshark seems to indicate that during the PROPFIND calls made by
> 1.8+ clients, the client somehow hits an authenticated path.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this behavior?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Mark Bidewell
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/markbidewell
>
Received on 2015-10-30 06:24:39 CET