Hi Sankalp, It's quite straightforward; if you choose to use Windows authentication, each user must have a Windows account. If you choose to use Subversion authentication, each user must have a Subversion account. It is not possible to use both authentication modes simultaneously.
If you are on a domain, or all your existing developers have Windows accounts on the server, then Windows authentication would be the best way to go. This means that their Windows user name and password will be accepted by VisualSVN Server, and you can use the existing groups on the server or in Active Directory to determine the access permissions. If you have a small number of users, or you are on a workgroup rather than a domain, then Subversion authentication may be the better option for you. This means that users will have a separate user name and password to access VisualSVN Server. Apart from company politics, there is no reason why you should not be able to create temporary Windows accounts when required, or create a Windows account for use by FinalBuilder. You can even lock the accounts down by removing the ability for Interactive Logon from the Security Policy for those accounts, so that users can not use those accounts to login on the console or via Remote Desktop. Carey On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:20 AM, SVS <sankalp.subscripti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am setting up Subversion client server for my company. I am using > VisualSVN server package (1.6.1). > > I have observed that when I choose windows based authentication > option, I can not form user groups or create any new/temp users (which > might seem obvious). All these things are possible & easy with > subversion based authentication. But with Subversion based > authentication, I will have to create new user IDs & passwords, which > is not impossible in my case, just that it will be little inconvenient > for developers (one more username-password!). > > Currently, I am using windows based authentication. But in future, we > will be making automated builds using FinalBuilder, for which we might > not have any windows based user account. > > I would like to know whether it is possible to create user groups, add > new users (without creating windows accounts). If there is any > workaround please let me know. > > Otherwise I will probably switch to Subversion based user accounts. > > Thanks in advance.. > > -Sankalp. >
