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At some point in the life of your Subversion repository you may decide to limit access to read only for certain users, not allowing them to commit changes to say the production code or release project. You might want to limit access to certain parts of a project , for example allowing only members of the group admins to see the branches/admintool directory.
This how was written and tested on an Apple Mini, running CentOS 5.3 , so when you see me using yum to install packages as is common on RedHat based distros, if you are using a different flavour of Linux or Unix you will need to adjust my instructions to use your package manager.
First things first, install the neccesary Subversion packages and dependancies on the server machine, littlemac
[root@littlemac ~]# yum install subversion
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package subversion.x86_64 0:1.4.2-4.el5_3.1 set to be updated
---> Package subversion.i386 0:1.4.2-4.el5_3.1 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libaprutil-1.so.0 for package: subversion
--> Processing Dependency: libapr-1.so.0 for package: subversion
--> Processing Dependency: libneon.so.25 for package: subversion
--> Running transaction check
---> Package apr-util.x86_64 0:1.2.7-7.el5_3.2 set to be updated
---> Package neon.i386 0:0.25.5-10.el5 set to be updated
---> Package apr.i386 0:1.2.7-11.el5_3.1 set to be updated
---> Package apr.x86_64 0:1.2.7-11.el5_3.1 set to be updated
---> Package apr-util.i386 0:1.2.7-7.el5_3.2 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libsqlite3.so.0 for package: apr-util
--> Processing Dependency: libpq.so.4 for package: apr-util
--> Running transaction check
---> Package postgresql-libs.i386 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 set to be updated
---> Package sqlite.i386 0:3.3.6-2 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
subversion x86_64 1.4.2-4.el5_3.1 updates 2.4 M
subversion i386 1.4.2-4.el5_3.1 updates 2.3 M
Updating:
apr x86_64 1.2.7-11.el5_3.1 updates 118 k
apr-util x86_64 1.2.7-7.el5_3.2 updates 75 k
Installing for dependencies:
apr i386 1.2.7-11.el5_3.1 updates 123 k
apr-util i386 1.2.7-7.el5_3.2 updates 76 k
neon i386 0.25.5-10.el5 base 101 k
postgresql-libs i386 8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 base 196 k
sqlite i386 3.3.6-2 base 213 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 7 Package(s)
Update 2 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 5.5 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/9): apr-util-1.2.7-7.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm | 75 kB 00:00
(2/9): apr-util-1.2.7-7.el5_3.2.i386.rpm | 76 kB 00:00
(3/9): neon-0.25.5-10.el5.i386.rpm | 101 kB 00:00
(4/9): apr-1.2.7-11.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm | 118 kB 00:00
(5/9): apr-1.2.7-11.el5_3.1.i386.rpm | 123 kB 00:00
(6/9): postgresql-libs-8.1.11-1.el5_1.1.i386.rpm | 196 kB 00:00
(7/9): sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386.rpm | 213 kB 00:01
(8/9): subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.i386.rpm | 2.3 MB 00:18
(9/9): subversion-1.4.2-4.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm | 2.4 MB 00:15
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Total 141 kB/s | 5.5 MB 00:39
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : apr [ 1/11]
Updating : apr-util [ 2/11]
Installing : neon [ 3/11]
Installing : apr [ 4/11]
Installing : sqlite [ 5/11]
Installing : postgresql-libs [ 6/11]
Installing : subversion [ 7/11]
Installing : apr-util [ 8/11]
Installing : subversion [ 9/11]
Cleanup : apr [10/11]
Cleanup : apr-util [11/11]
Installed: subversion.x86_64 0:1.4.2-4.el5_3.1 subversion.i386 0:1.4.2-4.el5_3.1
Dependency Installed: apr.i386 0:1.2.7-11.el5_3.1 apr-util.i386 0:1.2.7-7.el5_3.2 neon.i386 0:0.25.5-10.el5 postgresql-libs.i386 0:8.1.11-1.el5_1.1 sqlite.i386 0:3.3.6-2
Updated: apr.x86_64 0:1.2.7-11.el5_3.1 apr-util.x86_64 0:1.2.7-7.el5_3.2
Complete!
