Linux Certif

Toute la documentation sur la certification Linux LPI

svnauthcheck

NAME

svnauthcheck - checks the syntax of a subversion authorization file

SYNOPSIS

svnauthcheck [OPTIONS] [authfile]

DESCRIPTION

svnauthcheck checks the syntax of a subversion authorization file. It should be used when the file is checked in the repository itself: before a commit the server could check if an invalid file is being stored.

OPTIONS

-a, --apache=htaccess

generates an apache-style permission file to be used with ViewCV

-h, --help

this help message

-h

help

-s, --subtree=subtree

the svnauth file is partial and is valid only for the given subtree

-t, --template=template

Apache authentication template to be used with -a

-T, --trac=path

the path of the trac project dir

-u, --user=user

specifies a user that should have write access to the top directory

-v, --verbose

verbose

-V, --version

prints the version of the program

SEE ALSO

svn(1)

EXIT STATUS

svnauthcheck returns a zero exist status if it finds no error in the supplied file.

USAGE SCENARIO

To allow the users of a repository to manage the access and authorization to the repository without the intervention of the server administrator we store the svnaccess file into the repository itself.

This program can be then included in a pre-commit script to check for the file validity:

 REPOS="$1"
 TXN="$2"
 
 SVNLOOK=/usr/bin/svnlook
 
 if $SVNLOOK cat -t "$TXN" "$REPOS" "svnaccess" | /usr/local/bin/svnauthcheck ; then
     exit 0
 else
     exit 1
 fi
 

The file is then copied to right location with a post-commit hook:

 REPOS="$1"
 REV="$2"
 
 /usr/bin/svn cat file:///DIR1/svnaccess > /DIR2/svnaccess
 

BUGS

Please report bugs to: Matteo Corti (matteo.corti (at) id.ethz.ch)

AUTHOR

Matteo Corti (matteo.corti (at) id.ethz.ch)