using PSexec to remotely run svnserver

2010-03-23 Thread yary
Hello, I'm using Subversion in a windows shop. We have a FSFS repository that we're accessing via XP's filesharing (file: URLs with UNC paths). Company policy won't allow us to install ssh/sshd, or to run any new services such as apache or svnserver as a deamon. We have PSexec installed on our sv

Re: using PSexec to remotely run svnserver

2010-03-23 Thread yary
>You should stop doing so immediately and set up a proper server. Any user >with direct file:-protocol access to the repository can access any part of it >(bypassing any path-based security you've put in place) and can even delete >the entire repository (accidentally or intentionally). What you ar

Re: using PSexec to remotely run svnserver

2010-03-23 Thread yary
>Additionally, the Subversion development team has announced file:// >protocol should not be considered for production environments. Reread OP then, I'm trying to get away from using a file:// URL, using PSexec to execute svnserver.

How to build with http/https: access via serf, and not neon?

2010-05-31 Thread yary
Hello, I've retrieved the /subversion-1.6.11 tarball from http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.6.11.tar.bz2 . I can configure and build it with serf- eg configure: serf library configuration checking serf.h usability... yes checking serf.h presence... yes checking for serf.h... ye

Re: How to build with http/https: access via serf, and not neon?

2010-06-01 Thread yary
Neon is required? The INSTALL that comes with 1.6.11 says that either neon or serf will give http access: * libneon or libserf (OPTIONAL for client) The Neon and Serf libraries both allow the Subversion client to send HTTP requests. ... Your client can be compiled against

Re: How to build with http/https: access via serf, and not neon?

2010-06-02 Thread yary
Hi Campbell, I can build a working binary as well, it's just that the client doesn't have the http: method when built with only serf and "--without-neon". It sounds like you're building it with neon in each cases, just not using the "--with-neon" flag; omitting the flag makes configure look for it

Re: Perl API SVN::Ra::get_commit_editor2 causes TypeError

2010-07-10 Thread yary
Just a stab in the dark, what version of Subversion do you have on that box? It looks like this perl module comes bundles with Subversion 1.4 and some users have complained that it doesn't first check to see if there is a subverison installed for it to use. It also looks like that module was last u