[lug] Subversion user auth question

[Hugh Brown]

On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 19:26, Michael J. Hammel wrote:
> Is anyone here using Subversion?  I set it up on a box and can do
> anonymous checkouts but my configuration for an authenticated user
> doesn't seem to work.  I put the following in my passwd-db file:
> 
> [users]
> name = passwd
> 
> (with appropriate name and passwd substituted).  I added the following
> to my svnserve.conf file:
> 
> realm = XEUS
> 
> When I use the svn client to checkout files it doesn't query me for the
> realm or any other authentication information.  Isn't it supposed to ask
> for a realm and user/password the first time, then cache that for
> subsequent requests?  Also, is the "name" any name I choose and one that
> will be provided by the client in some way?  Does "name" include a host
> name or wildcards?  The documentation doesn't talk about this in much
> detail.


I just set it up using the .htpasswd file and the authz configuration
and got it working that way.  I'm using the Apache front-end, though. 
I'd be happy to help with that configuration if you'd like.

Hugh