On 23/11/05, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About to set things up, and after reading the SVN book, I'm left with > some questions still. The book itself barely mentions permissions, and > when it does (at the end of chapter 6), it suggests I create a new group > (called "svn"), and add those users to it that will need to access the > repository. In this case, that'd be myself (I'd prefer using file:/// > URLs) and www-data (since Debian provides libapache2-svn, it'd be a > shame not to make use of it). I'd also have to wrap the svn binary in a > script changing the umask to 002. For the same reason, I'd have to > modify apachectl.
If you're using apache, then don't go for file:/// urls in your repo. Especially if there's any chance you're going to want to reach this remotely. Just access it via http(s) and have www-data own the repo. -- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns http://number9.hellooperator.net/
