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Asked: 2026-05-25T13:31:46+00:00

Right now i’m trying to narrow a complex subversion problem and performing lots of

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Right now i’m trying to narrow a complex subversion problem and performing lots of small tests with creating and accessing repositories normally via file:// protocol. I have tried to add some security to such local repository by setting password-db and authz-db in repository /conf/svnserve.conf but seems svn client ignores such settings while using file:// protocol. Is path security possible at all with file:// protcol or i need to start a svnserve daemon?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Accessing a file:// repository uses the operating system’s file functions. You can therefore make use of the filesystem security functionality your OS has: Just configure the permissions to the repository directory via your OS’s interface.

    For example, to allow only svnserve and members of the group svnusers access to your repository on a classical UNIX system, execute the following as root:

    $ chown svnserve:svnusers /my/repository
$ chmod 770 /my/repository
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