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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by "Dassi, Nasser" <ND...@141xm.com> on 2005/01/12 22:34:06 UTC
Another WebDAV+Autoversioning question...
Hi, I just subscribed to this list, but have read several online archives about the subject. Please assist, I have a more-direct question to ask:
Can WebDAV + SVN 1.1.2 + SVNAutoversioning play nice on Apache 2.0.52 + Win Svr 2003 ?
There seems to not be a direct answer anywhere, and all help would be tremendously appreciated.
Here is the backstory: I am rebuilding our dev environment in a WinXP,MacOSX shop. We develop both online and offline projects. *Autoversioning* would be my ultimate in reliability for web projects, and I personally prefer an automated software layer doing the work in real-time (versus soft-hardware doing regular back-ups, which already exists on network shares and happens daily/nightly).
Please shed light on this question. All documentation and list-serv threads lead to an answer, but all are with different circumstances (i.e. debian v. windows).
Thank you!
- nasser
Nasser Dassi
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Re: Another WebDAV+Autoversioning question...
Posted by Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>.
On Jan 12, 2005, at 7:54 PM, Alan Knowles wrote:
> google for Novell's netdrive or webdrive (cant remember the name) - it
> works perfectly from the tests I've done.
>
Ah, okay, then we're confusing problems here. Let me clarify.
1. There is no problem with apache/subversion/autoversioning. It
works identically on every server OS.
2. When it comes to reading the share, most DAV clients work fine
against such a server setup: nautilus, KDE, OSX, cadaver, etc.
3. When it comes to writing to the share, files need to be "dragged" to
the share, rather than opened directly from the share. Appendix C in
the book explains this, and discusses some workarounds. When svn 1.2
is released, the autoversioning feature will no longer have such a
limitation, since we'll have real locking.
4. On some versions of Windows -- XP in particular -- the built-in DAV
client ("webfolders") often doesn't work against apache all. While
most folks have never had problem using Win98 or WinNT/2K "webfolders",
it's generally recommended that XP webfolders not be used at all
against apache. Even the author of mod_dav recommends other win32 DAVE
clients like netdrive or webdrive.
So to answer the original poster's question: "Yes, the server setup
you propose works just fine, regardless of the server's OS. But
Windows XP's built-in DAV client has stopped being interoperable with
apache's mod_dav."
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Re: Another WebDAV+Autoversioning question...
Posted by Alan Knowles <al...@akbkhome.com>.
google for Novell's netdrive or webdrive (cant remember the name) - it
works perfectly from the tests I've done.
Regards
Alan
Håvard Vold wrote:
> Sorry to say so, but I have Apache 2.0.52, Subversion 1.1.2, all
> running on Windows 2003 Server, using digest authentication, and
> cannot mount a subversion repository as a Web Folder or a network
> drive because Windows XP(SP2) pops a username/passworddialog which
> insists on a Windows domain term in the username; all downhill from
> there.
>
> Running subversion from the XP poses no problem, because it looks as
> if Apache/IE pop the digest authentication dialog.
>
> I am lurking in hope of somebody taming this beast.
>
> Håvard
>
>> From: Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>
>> To: "Dassi, Nasser" <ND...@141xm.com>
>> CC: <us...@subversion.tigris.org>
>> Subject: Re: Another WebDAV+Autoversioning question...
>> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:07:01 -0600
>>
>>
>> On Jan 12, 2005, at 4:34 PM, Dassi, Nasser wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, I just subscribed to this list, but have read several online
>>> archives about the subject. Please assist, I have a more-direct
>>> question to ask:
>>>
>>> Can WebDAV + SVN 1.1.2 + SVNAutoversioning play nice on Apache
>>> 2.0.52 + Win Svr 2003 ?
>>>
>>
>> What makes you think it wouldn't work?
>>
>> Apache runs on win32. Subversion runs on win32. Autoversioning is a
>> feature of Subversion. All those things are documented. Why would
>> someone need to explicitly state that such a combination works? Have
>> you seen people saying that it didn't work? Have you tried it yourself?
>>
>>
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Re: Another WebDAV+Autoversioning question...
Posted by H�vard Vold <ho...@hotmail.com>.
Sorry to say so, but I have Apache 2.0.52, Subversion 1.1.2, all running on
Windows 2003 Server, using digest authentication, and cannot mount a
subversion repository as a Web Folder or a network drive because Windows
XP(SP2) pops a username/passworddialog which insists on a Windows domain
term in the username; all downhill from there.
Running subversion from the XP poses no problem, because it looks as if
Apache/IE pop the digest authentication dialog.
I am lurking in hope of somebody taming this beast.
H�vard
>From: Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>
>To: "Dassi, Nasser" <ND...@141xm.com>
>CC: <us...@subversion.tigris.org>
>Subject: Re: Another WebDAV+Autoversioning question...
>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:07:01 -0600
>
>
>On Jan 12, 2005, at 4:34 PM, Dassi, Nasser wrote:
>
>>Hi, I just subscribed to this list, but have read several online archives
>>about the subject.� Please assist, I have a more-direct question to ask:
>>�
>>Can WebDAV + SVN 1.1.2 + SVNAutoversioning play nice on Apache 2.0.52 +
>>Win Svr 2003 ?
>>
>
>What makes you think it wouldn't work?
>
>Apache runs on win32. Subversion runs on win32. Autoversioning is a
>feature of Subversion. All those things are documented. Why would someone
>need to explicitly state that such a combination works? Have you seen
>people saying that it didn't work? Have you tried it yourself?
>
>
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Re: Another WebDAV+Autoversioning question...
Posted by Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>.
On Jan 12, 2005, at 4:34 PM, Dassi, Nasser wrote:
> Hi, I just subscribed to this list, but have read several online
> archives about the subject. Please assist, I have a more-direct
> question to ask:
>
> Can WebDAV + SVN 1.1.2 + SVNAutoversioning play nice on Apache 2.0.52
> + Win Svr 2003 ?
>
What makes you think it wouldn't work?
Apache runs on win32. Subversion runs on win32. Autoversioning is a
feature of Subversion. All those things are documented. Why would
someone need to explicitly state that such a combination works? Have
you seen people saying that it didn't work? Have you tried it
yourself?
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RE: Another WebDAV+Autoversioning question...
Posted by Clint Stotesbery <cs...@hotmail.com>.
I have that same setup except I'm using subversion 1.1.1 and it works just
fine.
-Clint
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Dassi, Nasser" <ND...@141xm.com>
To: <us...@subversion.tigris.org>
Subject: Another WebDAV+Autoversioning question...
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:34:06 -0500
Hi, I just subscribed to this list, but have read several online archives
about the subject. Please assist, I have a more-direct question to ask:
Can WebDAV + SVN 1.1.2 + SVNAutoversioning play nice on Apache 2.0.52 + Win
Svr 2003 ?
There seems to not be a direct answer anywhere, and all help would be
tremendously appreciated.
Here is the backstory: I am rebuilding our dev environment in a WinXP,MacOSX
shop. We develop both online and offline projects. *Autoversioning* would
be my ultimate in reliability for web projects, and I personally prefer an
automated software layer doing the work in real-time (versus soft-hardware
doing regular back-ups, which already exists on network shares and happens
daily/nightly).
Please shed light on this question. All documentation and list-serv threads
lead to an answer, but all are with different circumstances (i.e. debian v.
windows).
Thank you!
- nasser
Nasser Dassi
Sr. Technical Programmer
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O: 212-297-8045
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