Hi Pavel, Thank you for your response. I did as you suggest:
Repo -> Removed all permissions ------->Dir1 -> Me = R/W ------->Dir 2 -> Me = R/W ---------------> Dir2a -> Me= R/W & Extern_User = R/W but now the Extern_User cannot access Dir2a at all. Did I miss something? On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Pavel Lyalyakin < pavel.lyalya...@visualsvn.com> wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:12 AM, <warren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, I'm running VisualSVN Server 2.5.7 and have requirement to provide > > access to a particular folder within my repo without exposing my entire > repo > > to this user. For example > > > > Repo > > ------->Dir1 > > ------->Dir2 > > --------------->Dir2a > > > > How do I expose Dir2a without exposing Dir1? > > > > The permissions for the Repo are Everyone = No Access and Me = R/W. > Access > > for all the of the directories under the repo are set to Inherit from > parent > > (Read/Write). The permissions for the directory I want to expose are the > > same plus External_User = R/W. When I browse to my repo at > > https://myrepo/Dir2a and login with External_User credentials I'm > finding > > that I have total access to the entire repo via the web browser. Can > anyone > > help me figure out of to remedy this issue? Is what I'm trying to do even > > possible? > > 1. Upgrade your VisualSVN Server 2.5 at least to the latest > maintenance patch release 2.5.17. You can download VisualSVN Server > 2.5.17 at http://www.visualsvn.com/server/download/2.5/ > > 2. Remove "Everyone" (or other group's) Read / Write or Read Only > access rule from repositories root node. I guess that you have this > rule configured and it's the root cause here because access rules are > parsed case-sensitively in Apache Subversion 1.7 and newer. > > 3. I strongly advise you not to set "Read / Write" or "Read" access to > the repositories root and consider setting permissions > repository-wide, not server-wide. Please also check the KB article > "Understanding VisualSVN Server authorization" at > http://www.visualsvn.com/support/topic/00033/. > > Thanks. > > -- > With best regards, > Pavel Lyalyakin > VisualSVN Team > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VisualSVN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to visualsvn+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to visualsvn@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/visualsvn. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
