Re: [viewvc-users] mutiple root_parents and authzfile

Le 18/01/2011 17:09, C. Michael Pilato a écrit :
> On 01/18/2011 09:31 AM, Jehan PROCACCIA wrote:
>> but if I correctly understand you , having multiple authzfile corresponding
>> to each root_parents  is not possible ?
> You understand me correctly.
>
>> Alternatively, as you suggested, I tried to use a single authz file for both
>> roots, but now I get no view of any repository :-( , perhaps, I
>> missconfigure the concat authz file
>> here is the situation, I have 2 svn repo roots:
>> /var/svn/staff
>> /var/svn/stud
>>
>> below /var/svn/staff there's a  "AuthzSVNAccessFile" (apache terminology)
>> and dozens of repos like /var/svn/staff/rep1 , /var/svn/staff/rep2 etc ...
>> Identically for /var/svn/stud, /var/svn/stud/root_authz, /var/svn/stud/rep1
>> /var/svn/stud/rep2 ...
>>
>> My  /var/svn/super_root_authz pointed by
>> [authz-svnauthz]
>> authzfile = /var/svn/super_root_authz
>>
>> contains repo definitions like that
>>
>> [staff/rep1:/]
>> user1 = rw
> ViewVC is going to try to match the "name" of the repository against the
> repository name inside the authz file.  The "name" of the repository is
> going to be its basename on disk.  Thus, the "name" of the repository at
> /var/svn/stud/rep1 is "rep1".  So your authz file will need to use "rep1" as
> the repository name, too, not "stud/rep1".
>
> You might at this point think, "Uh-oh.  I have two repositories which will
> have the same name because their basenames are identical."  For example,
> maybe you have /var/svn/stud/team-repo and /var/svn/staff/team-repo.  Yes,
> that will be a problem for ViewVC -- one of those repositories will be
> inaccessible to ViewVC.
>
> If the above doesn't work for you, then it's *possible* that you can make
> this work via another workaround, namely, instead of defining authzfile like so:
>
>     [authz-svnauthz]
>     authzfile = /some/path
>
> You use per-root configuration to specify, for each and every individual
> repository, which authz file consult:
>
>     [root-rep1/authz-svnauthz]
>     authzfile = /some/path
>
>     [root-rep2/authz-svnauthz]
>     authzfile = /some/other/path
>
> But I've not tried this myself, and I know that per-root configuration
> overrides have had a history of being broken in various ways.  And of
> course, the downside is that every time you add a new repository, you have
> to remember to add configuration for it in viewvc.conf, too.  :-(
>
Ok, then I'll use my "super_root_authz" => concat of all parents authz 
files.
I will prefix each repo name  by it's parent directory name to prevent 
identical repo names, ei:

[staff-rep1:/]
user1 = rw

[stud-rep2:/]
user2 = r
etc ...

it seems to work that way
thanks .

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