[viewvc-users] path-authorization

[Ryan Milton]

Hi, I use viewvc to view rancid cvs files. I'm not a coder, but I want to create some kind of authorization when I access the web page. The FAQs describe path-based authorization using subversion's authz-file mechanism... but I use cvs files...is there a way to still make this work?

Thanks in advance---otherwise, everything works well!

Regards,
Ryan Milton
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[C. Michael Pilato]

Hi, I use viewvc to view rancid cvs files. I’m not a coder, but I want
to create some kind of authorization when I access the web page. The
FAQs describe path-based authorization using subversion’s authz-file
mechanism… but I use cvs files…is there a way to still make this work?

Ryan, if all you want to do is prevent folks from accessing ViewVC
unless they have a username and password, then what you need is really
just to put some Apache authentication in place. This won't require
changes to your Rancid or ViewVC configurations at all.

For example, if your ViewVC is being served up from /viewvc on your
website (http://www.example.com/viewvc), then in your httpd.conf file,
you'll want to do something like this (ignore the {{{ and }}}):

{{{
<Location /viewvc>
AuthType basic
AuthName "ViewVC login"
AuthUserFile /some/path/to/htpasswd # CHANGME
Require valid-user
Satisfy any
</Location>
}}}

Then, use the htpasswd tool to create and maintain the file specified by
AuthUserFile above, which will contain usernames and passwords that
folks visiting your ViewVC will have to provide.

Of course, Apache supports a whole suite of other authentication
offerings -- I've only shown you the super simple one. Just Google
around for "httpd authentication".

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