[svnbook] r3897 committed - * src/en/book/ch06-server-configuration.xml...
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Revision: 3897
Author: cmpilato at gmail.com
Date: Thu Jul 7 13:48:46 2011
Log: * src/en/book/ch06-server-configuration.xml
Add warning about case-insensitive comparison of authz access file
section headers, with a note to remove this again in the 1.7
version. (See issue #22.)
http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=3897
Modified:
/trunk/src/en/book/ch06-server-configuration.xml
=======================================
--- /trunk/src/en/book/ch06-server-configuration.xml Thu Jul 7 07:25:44
2011
+++ /trunk/src/en/book/ch06-server-configuration.xml Thu Jul 7 13:48:46
2011
@@ -3190,7 +3190,20 @@
<para>To be more specific: the value of the section names is
either of the form <literal>[repos-name:path]</literal> or of the
- form <literal>[path]</literal>. If you're using the
+ form <literal>[path]</literal>.</para>
+
+ <!-- TODO: This was fixed in Subversion 1.7: it does
+ case-sensitive comparison against the section headers. -->
+ <warning>
+ <para>Subversion treats repository names and paths in a
+ case-insensitive fashion for the purposes of access control,
+ converting them to lower case internally before comparing them
+ against the contents of your access file. Use lower case for
+ the contents of the section headers in your access
+ file.</para>
+ </warning>
+
+ <para>If you're using the
<literal>SVNParentPath</literal> directive, it's important
to specify the repository names in your sections. If you omit
them, a section such as
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