> I've found quite a few hits on Google regarding this subject, but I > have not found any elegant solutions to this problem. > > I'm running SVN 1.6.9 (r901367) on FreeBSD (built from ports). I have > the svnserve daemon running. I'm trying to have some areas of my > repository be public (requiring no auth) and others be private > (requiring auth even for read access). So, lines in my svnserve.conf: > > [general] > anon-access = read > auth-access = write > password-db = passwd > authz-db = authz > realm = Rambetter's Code Repository > [sasl] > use-sasl = false > > > Lines from passwd: > > [users] > maj = fakepass > rambetter = fakepass > > > Lines from authz: > > [aliases] > [groups] > [/] > rambetter = rw > * = r > [/repos/urt-playerdb] > rambetter = rw > * = > [/repos/ioUrT-server-4.1-supersecret] > maj = rw > * = > [/repos/jblockout] > rambetter = rw > * = > [/repos/ioquake3-server-1.36-rambetter] > rambetter = rw > * = > [/repos/ioUrT-server-4.1-rambetter] > rambetter = rw > * = > > > I cannot perform an "svn log" from the paths above that have the "* =" > (to restrict read access to the public). The error message is "svn: > Item is not readable" when I perform and "svn log" on these restricted > directories. > > I know this is a common problem, but is there an elegant way to to > have both publicly readable and protected sections in the same > repository? I have done one thing in the past, which is to create a > user called "anonymous" with the empty password, and I tell the public > that to check out they type this: > > svn checkout svn://daffy.nerius.com/repos/ioUrT-server-4.1 > --username="anonymous" --password="" > > ... but this approach seems to be very clumsy. > > Another solution that comes to mind is to start a whole new repository > with a separate svnserve daemon. How would I move over an entire > directory, all history included, if I were to do this? > > Any other solutions?
Did you attempt to pass your user credentials with the svn log command? BOb
