i am also having the same problem!! i set up rights using Visual SVN.
things worked perfectly. but i tried to modify the repository using
Tortoise SVN and it was allowed. if someone knows how to solve this,
please help.


On Mar 11, 6:33 pm, t...@cvwarehouse.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I managed to setup Visual SVN with Windows authentication (works fine)
> Since we also use FogBugz, i installed Trac as well. With some mods,
> it is a great repo browser and you can compare revisions (what is
> something I miss in the VisualSVN browser)
>
> If I manage my access rights in Visual SVN this works great for Visual
> SVN: users only see the folders in the repo that are allowed and when
> checking out the repo, they only get the folders they have access to.
> Perfect!
>
> But when using Trac: users can see and browse all folders in the repo!
> Not what we want...
>
> I have seen that VisualSVN keeps a file authz-windows where access
> richts are kept. User and groupnames are noted as SID.
>
> Trac only validates on "username" in an authz file. It cannot convert
> the SID to a username...
>
> Is there any wat to solve this????
>
> It would be ridiculous to set access rights in VisualSVN and than keep
> a second authz file for Trac....
>
> If the trac module could "read" the SID's, I could simply point to the
> authz-windows file in trac.ini what would be A REALY GREAT
> SOLUTION!!!
> I think trac uses its own authentication module where VisualSVN
> webbrowser uses the apache module.
> Could this be "changed" so it both works in the same way? Would be
> GREAT
>
> Anny possibility?
>
> Thanks!

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