svnserve.conf(5)                                 svnserve.conf(5)



NAME
       svnserve.conf - Repository configuration file for svnserve

SYNOPSIS
       repository-path/conf/svnserve.conf

DESCRIPTION
       svnserve.conf controls the behavior of the svnserve daemon
       on a per-repository basis.  It is located in the conf sub-
       directory of the repository.

       The overall structure of the  file  is  the  same  as  the
       structure  of Subversion user configuration files.  At the
       top level are sections, which are specified  by  words  in
       square  brackets; inside each section are variable defini-
       tions of the form "variable  =  value".   Lines  beginning
       with  '#'  are ignored.  svnserve.conf currently uses only
       one section named "general", and  supports  the  following
       variables:


       anon-access = none|read|write
            Determines   the  access  level  for  unauthenticated
            users.  write access  allows  all  repository  opera-
            tions.  read access allows all operations except com-
            mitting  and  changing  revision  properties.    none
            access  allows no access.  The default level is read.


       auth-access = none|read|write
            Determines the access level for authenticated  users,
            using  the  same access levels as above.  The default
            level is write.


       password-db = filename
            Sets the location of the password database.  filename
            may  be  relative  to  the repository conf directory.
            There is no default value.  The password database has
            the  same  overall format as this file.  It uses only
            one section "users"; each variable within the section
            is a username, and each value is a password.


       authz-db = filename
            The  authz-db  option  controls  the  location of the
            authorization rules for  path-based  access  control.
            filename  may  be  relative  to  the  repository conf
            directory.  There is no default value.  If you  don't
            specify  an authz-db, no path-based access control is
            done.


       realm = realm-name
            Sets the authentication realm of the repository.   If
            two  repositories  have  the  same password database,
            they should have the same realm, and vice versa; this
            association  allows  clients  to  use a single cached
            password for several repositories.  The default realm
            value is the repository's uuid.

EXAMPLE
       The following example svnserve.conf allows read access for
       authenticated users, no access for anonymous users, points
       to  a passwd database in the same directory, and defines a
       realm name.

        [general]
        anon-access = none
        auth-access = read
        password-db = passwd
        realm = My First Repository

       The file "passwd" would look like:

        [users]
        joeuser = joepassword
        jayrandom = randomjay

SEE ALSO
       svnserve(8)



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