Thanks for your reply. It will help in making the decision.
BRs, Sankalp. On Feb 16, 4:24 pm, Carey Bishop <carey.bis...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
