svnserve.conf(5) File Formats Manual svnserve.conf(5)
NAME
svnserve.conf - Repository configuration file for svnserve
SYNOPSIS
repository-path/conf/svnserve.conf
DESCRIPTION
svnserve.conf controls the behavior of the svnserve daemon on a per-
repository basis. It is located in the conf subdirectory of the repos-
itory.
The overall structure of the file is the same as the structure of Sub-
version 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 ac-
cess allows all repository operations. read access allows all op-
erations 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 rela-
tive 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 repos-
itory. 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 reposito-
ries 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.
EXAMPLE
The following example svnserve.conf allows read access for authenti-
cated 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
SEE ALSO
svnserve(8)
svnserve.conf(5)
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