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svnserve.conf(5)                                                                            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 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 oper-ations. operations.
            ations.   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 = filename
            The authz-db option controls the location of the authorization rules for path-based access  con-trol. control.
            trol.   filename  may  be relative to the repository conf directory.  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  reposi-tory's repository's
            tory's uuid.

EXAMPLE
       The  following example svnserve.conf allows read access for authenticated users, no access for anony-mous anonymous
       mous 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)



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