Maintenance Procedures                                svnserve(8)



NAME
     svnserve - Server for the 'svn' repository access method

SYNOPSIS
     svnserve [options]

DESCRIPTION
     svnserve allows access to Subversion repositories using  the
     svn  network  protocol.   It  can  both  run as a standalone
     server process, or it can run out of inetd.  You must choose
     a  mode of operation when you start svnserve.  The following
     options are recognized:

     -d, --daemon
          Causes svnserve to run in daemon mode.  svnserve  back-
          grounds  itself  and  accepts and serves TCP/IP connec-
          tions on the svn port (3690, by default).

     --listen-port=port
          Causes svnserve to listen on port when  run  in  daemon
          mode.

     --listen-host=host
          Causes svnserve to listen on the interface specified by
          host, which may be either a hostname or an IP address.

     --foreground
          When used together with -d, this option causes svnserve
          to  stay in the foreground.  This option is mainly use-
          ful for debugging.

     -i, --inetd
          Causes svnserve to use the stdin/stdout  file  descrip-
          tors,  as  is  appropriate  for a daemon running out of
          inetd.

     -h, --help
          Displays a usage summary and exits.

     -r root, --root=root
          Sets  the  virtual  root  for  repositories  served  by
          svnserve.   The pathname in URLs provided by the client
          will be interpreted relative to this root, and will not
          be allowed to escape this root.

     -R --read-only
          Force  all  write  operations  through  this   svnserve
          instance  to  be forbidden, overriding all other access
          policy configuration.  Do not use this  option  to  set
          general  repository  access  policy  - that is what the
          conf/svnserve.conf  repository  configuration  file  is
          for.   This  option  should  be  used  only to restrict



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          access via a certain method of invoking svnserve -  for
          example,  to  allow write access via SH, but not via a
          svnserve daemon, or to  create  a  restricted  SH  key
          which is only capable of read access.

     -t, --tunnel
          Causes svnserve to run in tunnel mode,  which  is  just
          like  the inetd mode of operation (serve one connection
          over stdin/stdout) except that the connection  is  con-
          sidered  to  be  pre-authenticated with the username of
          the current uid.  This flag is selected by  the  client
          when running over a tunnel agent.

     --tunnel-user=username
          When  combined  with  --tunnel,  overrides   the   pre-
          authenticated  username  with  the  supplied  username.
          This  is   useful   in   combination   with   the   ssh
          authorizedkey  file's  "command"  directive to allow a
          single system account  to  be  used  by  multiple  com-
          mitters, each having a distinct ssh identity.

     -T, --threads
          When running in daemon mode, causes svnserve to spawn a
          thread  instead  of a process for each connection.  The
          svnserve process still backgrounds  itself  at  startup
          time.

     -X, --listen-once
          Causes svnserve to accept one  connection  on  the  svn
          port, serve it, and exit.  This option is mainly useful
          for debugging.

     Once the client has selected a  repository  by  transmitting
     its  URL,  svnserve reads a file named conf/svnserve.conf in
     the repository directory  to  determine  repository-specific
     settings  such  as  what  authentication database to use and
     what   authorization   policies   to   apply.     See    the
     svnserve.conf(5) man page for details of that file format.


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:












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       ATRIBUTE TYPE     ATRIBUTE VALUE
    
     Availability         SUNWsvn        
    
     Interface Stability  Committed      
    

NOTES
     Source     for     Subversion      is      available      on
     http:/opensolaris.org.












































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