Configuring access to SVN repository

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Now that we have repository, the next step is to access it. Here are a few steps to do so.

1. Browse to the directory /WAS/SVN/SVN_REPOS/conf

2. Open the svnserve.conf file in a text editor, and uncomment the [general], anon-access = read, auth-access = write, and password-db = passwd lines. Save.

   svnserve.conf

   ### This file controls the configuration of the svnserve daemon, if you

   ### use it to allow access to this repository. (If you only allow

   ### access through http: and/or file: URLs, then this file is

   ### irrelevant.)

   ### Visit http://subversion.tigris.org/ for more information.

   [general]

   ### These options control access to the repository for unauthenticated

   ### and authenticated users. Valid values are "write", "read",

   ### and "none". The sample settings below are the defaults.

   anon-access = read

   auth-access = write

   ### The password-db option controls the location of the password

   ### database file. Unless you specify a path starting with a /,

   ### the file's location is relative to the conf directory.

   ### Uncomment the line below to use the default password file.

   password-db = passwd

   ### The authz-db option controls the location of the authorization

   ### rules for path-based access control. Unless you specify a path

   ### starting with a /, the file's location is relative to the conf

   ### directory. If you don't specify an authz-db, no path-based access

   ### control is done.

   ### Uncomment the line below to use the default authorization file.

   # authz-db = authz

   ### This option specifies the authentication realm of the repository.

   ### If two repositories have the same authentication realm, they should

   ### have the same password database, and vice versa. The default realm

   ### is repository's uuid.

   # realm = My First Repository

3. Open the passwd file in a text editor, uncomment the [users] line, and add the username and password you want to use when connecting to your subversion server. Save.

   
   

   passwd

   ### This file is an example password file for svnserve.

   ### Its format is similar to that of svnserve.conf. As shown in the

   ### example below it contains one section labelled [users].

   ### The name and password for each user follow, one account per line.

   [users]

   # harry = harryssecret

   # sally = sallyssecret

   root = pass1234

   admin = admin

   manoharn = mani1234

   amitd = amitd

   ravi = ravik

Thats all here. We have created the repository and also configured access to it. Now try accessing it using the user names given in the passwd file.