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Subversion ( SVN ) Add-on
Hello, Super-Poussin removed the SVN add-on and I was hoping someone (or Super-Poussin) could please update it and bring it back. What was outdated with the old one anyway? I ask because I really do...
SWB wrote: It looks like the SVN protocol does not work, however.
This is "by design" and mostly for a single reason: With HTTP(S) I could simply use the already defined user accounts on the ReadyNAS to authenticate users. With SVNserve I'd have to either replicate the user's database or program a completely new authentication bridge. Since the goal was an easy to install, easy to use and easy to remove SVN system, I opted to not provide direct svnserve support.
What you can do however is using svn+ssh to connect to your server. So instead of
svn list svn://yournas/full/path/to/the/repo
you'd just do a
svn list svn+ssh://yournas/full/path/to/the/repo
The only drawback is that you'll always have to use the "admin" account. That's because on the ReadyNAS all normal user accounts re given "/bin/false" for their login shell. This could be changed by setting "/bin/bash" as the login shell for the users who should get access to the SVN repositories but I clearly don't want to mess with /etc/passwd from within an Addon. But you are free to change your /etc/passwd in any way you like with your preferred editor ;)
Regards,
Stefan
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