On 11/01/2010 11:49 AM, C. Michael Pilato wrote: > On 11/01/2010 09:24 AM, Nick Piper wrote: >> [[[ >> Implement AuthzSVNRepoRelativeAccessFile to allow SVNParentPath to use >> a different authz configuration file for each repository. >> >> * subversion/mod_authz_svn/mod_authz_svn.c >> (get_access_conf) Check if AuthzSVNRepoRelativeAccessFile is on, and >> if so, load the conf/authz file from inside the repository being >> accessed rather than one which is statically configured in the >> Apache configuration. >> (subreq_bypass, access_checker, check_user_id, auth_checker) >> Recognise that it's valid not to have a AuthzSVNAccessFile if >> AuthzSVNRepoRelativeAccessFile is used. >> ]]] > > What is the current behavior of a configuration file specified as relative > path? I don't see any notations in the code or docs which indicate how > mod_authz_svn will interpret a relative pathspec. If there's no clear > meaning today, perhaps we should consider defining that behavior as "find > the named access file relative to the repository's conf/ subdirectory". > This allows us to avoid adding another configuration option.
UPDATE: A quick test leads me to believe that a relative path here is
interpreted as relative to the Apache installation root
("/usr/local/apache2" on my box). Hard to say how many admins are banking
on that behavior -- we certainly wouldn't to disrupt their systems without
sufficient warning.
> In other words, if today "AuthzSVNAccessFile FOO", where FOO is a relative
> path, has a not-well-defined meaning, then let's change it to mean "Read
> from ${REPO}/conf/FOO".
>
> SVNPath-using <Location>'s could use "AuthzSVNAccessFile authz" to get the
> behavior you want.
>
> SVNParentPath-using <Location>'s could use "AuthzSVNAccessFile authz" to do
> the same. Or, they could use "AuthzSVNAccessFile ../../authz" to read the
> rules from a single file in the parent-path directory shared across the
> repositories in that parent-path. (That have that ability today when using
> an absolute path, but this would allow for a more template-izable
> SVNParentPath block.)
>
> Thoughts?
>
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