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NAME

6       svnserve.conf - Repository configuration file for svnserve
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SYNOPSIS

9       repository-path/conf/svnserve.conf
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DESCRIPTION

12       svnserve.conf  controls  the  behavior of the svnserve daemon on a per-
13       repository basis.  It is located in the conf subdirectory of the repos‐
14       itory.
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16       The  overall structure of the file is the same as the structure of Sub‐
17       version user configuration files.  At the top level are sections, which
18       are  specified  by  words  in  square brackets; inside each section are
19       variable definitions of the form "variable = value".   Lines  beginning
20       with  '#'  are  ignored.  svnserve.conf currently uses only one section
21       named "general", and supports the following variables:
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23       anon-access = none|read|write
24            Determines the access  level  for  unauthenticated  users.   write
25            access  allows  all repository operations.  read access allows all
26            operations except committing  and  changing  revision  properties.
27            none access allows no access.  The default level is read.
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29       auth-access = none|read|write
30            Determines  the  access  level  for authenticated users, using the
31            same access levels as above.  The default level is write.
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33       password-db = filename
34            Sets the location of the password database.  filename may be rela‐
35            tive to the repository conf directory.  There is no default value.
36            The password database has the same overall format  as  this  file.
37            It uses only one section "users"; each variable within the section
38            is a username, and each value is a password.
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40       authz-db = path
41            The authz-db option controls the  location  of  the  authorization
42            rules  for path-based access control.  path may be relative to the
43            repository conf directory.  path may be a repository relative  URL
44            (^/) or absolute file:// URL to a text file in a Subversion repos‐
45            itory.  There is no default value.  If you don't specify an authz-
46            db, no path-based access control is done.
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48       realm = realm-name
49            Sets the authentication realm of the repository.  If two reposito‐
50            ries have the same password database, they should  have  the  same
51            realm,  and  vice  versa; this association allows clients to use a
52            single cached password  for  several  repositories.   The  default
53            realm value is the repository's uuid.
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EXAMPLE

56       The  following  example  svnserve.conf allows read access for authenti‐
57       cated users, no access for anonymous users, points to a passwd database
58       in the same directory, and defines a realm name.
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60        [general]
61        anon-access = none
62        auth-access = read
63        password-db = passwd
64        realm = My First Repository
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66       The file "passwd" would look like:
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68        [users]
69        joeuser = joepassword
70        jayrandom = randomjay
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SEE ALSO

73       svnserve(8)
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