Write access to a subversion repository by multiple users over svn+ssh

David Hausheer

In order to allow multiple users to write to a subversion repository over svn+ssh, every user needs to have read and write access to the files in the repository. This can be achieved as follows:

Make sure all users share the same group
Make sure that new files in the repository will automatically belong to that group by setting the setgid flag on the repository (chmod g+s repository)
Make sure that new files are writable by the group

The last point can be achieved by a wrapper script for svnserve:

#!/bin/sh # wrapper script for svnserve umask 0002 exec /usr/bin/svnserve "$@"

This script has to be installed somewhere on the PATH, e.g. in /usr/local/bin/svnserve, with execute permissions.

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http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch06s05.html

Write access to a subversion repository by multiple users over svn+ssh

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