svnserve.conf - Repository configuration file for svnserve
svnserve.conf controls the behavior of the svnserve
daemon on a per-repository basis. It is located in the conf
subdirectory of the repository.
The overall structure of the file is the same as the structure of
Subversion user configuration files. At the top level are sections, which
are specified by words in square brackets; inside each section are variable
definitions of the form "variable = value". Lines beginning with
'#' are ignored. svnserve.conf currently uses only one section named
"general", and supports the following variables:
- anon-access
= none|read|write
- Determines the access level for unauthenticated users. write access
allows all repository operations. read access allows all operations
except committing and changing revision properties. none access
allows no access. The default level is read.
- auth-access
= none|read|write
- Determines the access level for authenticated users, using the same access
levels as above. The default level is write.
- password-db
= filename
- Sets the location of the password database. filename may be
relative to the repository conf directory. There is no default value. The
password database has the same overall format as this file. It uses only
one section "users"; each variable within the section is a
username, and each value is a password.
- authz-db =
path
- The authz-db option controls the location of the authorization rules for
path-based access control. path may be relative to the repository
conf directory. path may be a repository relative URL (^/) or
absolute file:// URL to a text file in a Subversion repository. There is
no default value. If you don't specify an authz-db, no path-based access
control is done.
- realm =
realm-name
- Sets the authentication realm of the repository. If two repositories have
the same password database, they should have the same realm, and vice
versa; this association allows clients to use a single cached password for
several repositories. The default realm value is the repository's
uuid.
The following example svnserve.conf allows read access for
authenticated users, no access for anonymous users, points to a passwd
database in the same directory, and defines a realm name.
[general]
anon-access = none
auth-access = read
password-db = passwd
realm = My First Repository
The file "passwd" would look like:
[users]
joeuser = joepassword
jayrandom = randomjay