Authentication in Subversion 1.8+

[Mark Bidewell <mb...@gmail.com>]

We have a Subversion repository which by default requires authentication
disables all anonymous access, but enables anonymous access for certain
directories.  For Subversion 1.6 and 1.7 clients this works fine for
anonymous access.  However, when using Subversion 1.8 and 1.9, a request
for the same directory that worked fine under 1.7 requires authentication.
A quick wireshark seems to indicate that during the PROPFIND calls made by
1.8+ clients, the client somehow hits an authenticated path.

Can anyone shed some light on this behavior?

Thanks

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Mark Bidewell
http://www.linkedin.com/in/markbidewell

Re: Authentication in Subversion 1.8+

[Eric Johnson <er...@tibco.com>]

My guess is that it is somehow related to inherited properties.

https://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#iprops

Eric.

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Mark Bidewell <mb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We have a Subversion repository which by default requires authentication
> disables all anonymous access, but enables anonymous access for certain
> directories.  For Subversion 1.6 and 1.7 clients this works fine for
> anonymous access.  However, when using Subversion 1.8 and 1.9, a request
> for the same directory that worked fine under 1.7 requires authentication.
> A quick wireshark seems to indicate that during the PROPFIND calls made by
> 1.8+ clients, the client somehow hits an authenticated path.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this behavior?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Mark Bidewell
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/markbidewell
>