On 1/22/15 1:00 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Are there any tools to help find syntax issues or mismatches in paths > between an authz file and the associated repo? I just spent some > time tracking down a typo that had the weird effect of some users > being able to create directories that they subsequently could not move > or delete. Turned out to be a path missing the leading / in a > section considerably below what I thought should the relevant entry, > and the log of 'reparent ....' without any mention of a problem (just > no commit) on the denied action wasn't very helpful. Is there a good > way to avoid such problems or find them after the fact?
The validate subcommand of svnauthz (1.8 or newer) or svnauthz-validate before that. Comes in the tools/server-side directory of the source distribution. You may or may not have it depending on how you're getting Subversion. An authz file with this in it: [abc/be/de] * = r Will generate this: svnauthz: E220003: Section name 'abc/be/de' contains non-canonical fspath 'abc/be/de'
