Re: subversion with http

From: David Keen (zen46443_at_zen.co.uk)
Date: 12/19/04

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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 10:36:29 +0000

    On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 21:16, John wrote:
    > > > Does anyone have a good source for instructions on setting up
    > > > subversion with Fedora? If not, I don't mind presenting the steps I
    > > > took if people are willing to help.
    > >
    > > It is all here:
    > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/index.html
    >
    > I tried following it, thanks. I almost have it working. What I realized
    > before though, was that the instructions are geared more towards a
    > generic (for lack of a better word) linux installation. For example,
    > the manual tells you to configure /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
    > but you don't really need to, since Fedora (with the subversion
    > installed via rpm) provides the file: /etc/httpd/conf.d/subversion.conf.
    >
    > It turns out that this file already has a lot of the required settings
    > included, so I was hoping that with Fedora, the required steps would
    > be streamlined.
    >
    > Well, I'm almost there. I can set things up so that I can either
    > access the repository anonymously (with full permissions or read-only),
    > or I can set it up so that I can access as a user with full permissions
    > and requiring a password. But I'm now working on trying to get
    > both going at once, i.e. anonymous with read-only and user with full
    > access after a password is supplied. It was definitely a learning
    > experience...

    To restrict write access to the repo use the following directive inside
    the Location directive (in subversion.conf):
    <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>

    Now anyone can view the repo and check stuff out but will only be able
    to commit if they have a valid username/password. 

    -- 
David Keen <zen46443@zen.co.uk>
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