Newbie question : Tracking the users who committed

[Purnima Venkatram <pu...@gmail.com>]

Hi,
       In order to find which user committed to the repository , i would
need to use the --username option while committing and then use svnlook on
author right ? so the svnlook author gives the name of the person who
committed ? Right now i am using a local repository which i have created on
my local machine with svnadmin create . So, what kind of authentication can
i use for this ? For svnserve this can be managed with the svnserve.conf and
the passwd files right ?  So, even now then should i be first using svnserve
to make repository accessible to network and then use the passwd file for
authentication . Even in that case i would need to use the --username option
right while checking in ?

Thank you.

RE: Newbie question : Tracking the users who committed

[Gavin Lambert <ga...@compacsort.com>]

Quoth Purnima Venkatram <ma...@gmail.com>:
> Thanks a lot Gavin for the prompt reply.
> What can i do for the local repository though ?  Since, right now
> author retrieves root and myloginname for svnlook author. And there
> is no file where i can specify the password for the users even if i
> decide to use --username for the first checkout.   

As far as I know a repository accessed through a file:// URL uses the
user's own login name, and no password.  You can't change that -- if
it's not what you want, then make sure everyone uses an svn:// or
http:// URL instead.

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Re: Newbie question : Tracking the users who committed

[Purnima Venkatram <pu...@gmail.com>]

Thanks a lot Gavin for the prompt reply.
What can i do for the local repository though ?  Since, right now author
retrieves root and myloginname for svnlook author. And there is no file
where i can specify the password for the users even if i decide to use
--username for the first checkout.

Thanks.
Purnima Venkatram.

On 7/28/06, Gavin Lambert <ga...@compacsort.com> wrote:
>
> Quoth Purnima Venkatram <ma...@gmail.com>:
> > For svnserve this can be managed with the svnserve.conf and the
> > passwd files right ?
>
> And the authz file, for the latest version, yes.
>
> > So, even now then should i be first using svnserve to make repository
> > accessible to network and then use the passwd file for authentication
> > . Even in that case i would need to use the --username option right
> > while checking in ?
>
> Normally you just specify it once, when checking out the working copy.
> After that SVN normally caches it for you so you don't need to
> explicitly specify it every single time.
>
>

RE: Newbie question : Tracking the users who committed

[Gavin Lambert <ga...@compacsort.com>]

Quoth Purnima Venkatram <ma...@gmail.com>:
> For svnserve this can be managed with the svnserve.conf and the 
> passwd files right ?

And the authz file, for the latest version, yes.

> So, even now then should i be first using svnserve to make repository
> accessible to network and then use the passwd file for authentication
> . Even in that case i would need to use the --username option right
> while checking in ?          

Normally you just specify it once, when checking out the working copy.
After that SVN normally caches it for you so you don't need to
explicitly specify it every single time.

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