Access via WebDAV protocol (http://)
To access the Subversion repository via WebDAV protocol, you must configure your Apache 2 web server. You must add the following snippet in your /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file:
<Location /svn> DAV svn SVNPath /path/to/repos AuthType Basic AuthName "Your repository name" AuthUserFile /etc/subversion/passwd <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT> Require valid-user </LimitExcept> </Location>
Next, you must create the /etc/subversion/passwd file. This file contains user authentication details. To add an entry, i.e. to add a user, you can run the following command from a terminal prompt:
htpasswd2 /etc/subversion/passwd user_name
This command will prompt you to enter the password. Once you enter the password, the user is added. Now, to access the repository you can run the following command:
svn co http://servername/svn
[Warning]
The password is transmitted as plain text. If you are worried about password snooping, you are advised to use SSL encryption. For details, please refer next section.
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