Issue 179 in svnbook: BUG: path-based authz rule matching description is incorrect

[Stefan Sperling]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 04:57:39PM +0000, svnbook at googlecode.com wrote:
> Status: New
> Owner: cmpil... at gmail.com
> Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium Milestone-en-1.6
> 
> New issue 179 by cmpil... at gmail.com: BUG: path-based authz rule
> matching description is incorrect
> http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/issues/detail?id=179
> 
> Reported by Mark Cammidge <mark at peralex.com>:
>
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> In the section on path-base authz rules:
> 
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.pathbasedauthz.html
> 
> it is written that:
>
> "Another important fact is that the first matching rule is the one which
> gets applied to a user. In the prior example, even though Jane is a
> member of the paint-developers group (which has read/write access), the
> jane = r rule will be discovered and matched before the group rule, thus
> denying Jane write access."

This has already been fixed hasn't it?

Quoting this page:

Another important fact is that group permissions are not overridden by
individual user permissions. Rather, the combination of all matching
permissions is granted. In the prior example, Jane is a member of the
paint-developers group, which has read/write access. Combined with the jane = r
rule, this still gives Jane read/write access. Permissions for group members
can only be extended beyond the permissions the group already has.

Perhaps Mark was looking at an outdated version of the book?