> >> Hi all. I have a problem with SVN. I have the (only) user > >> 'test_user' (in the 'passwd' file) having 'rw' on the entire > >> repository. Why am I able to get *authenticated* with the user > >> 'TESTUSER' (but not *authorized* to commit)? Note that only > >> authenticated user can access and read from my repository, so > >> 'TESTUSER' should not be authenticated, as it happens for all > the > >> users not appearing in the passwd file, for example the > 'BlaBlaBla' > >> user. > >> Thanks > >You probably have anon access allowed. Are you using svn or > apache/http? Perhaps showing us your config file would help. I > >think authorization is only applied to authenticated users. > > >BOb > > anon-access = none > password-db = passwd > authz-db = authz > > I'm using svn (svnserve.exe). There is a mistake in the previous > post: 'test_user' is without the '_' character. So the only user in > passwd is 'testuser'. Every user different from 'testuser' does not > get authentication, while 'TESTUSER' gets authentication, but he's > not authorized to commit. (while 'testuser' is). It seems that > 'TESTUSER' and 'testuser' are the same from the authentication > point of view, while they are different from the authorization > point of view. Instead, I would expect for 'TESTUSER' to not be > authenticated. Am I right or am I missing something? Thanks. > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Bob Archer <bob.arc...@amsi.com> > wrote:
You are possibly correct. I know that svn is case sensitive. However, the authentication may not be. If you authenticate using lower case can you do your commit? BOb
