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On Sunday 02 Oct 2011 00:27:23 Grant wrote: |
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> >>> I'm not sure if you are overcomplicating this by trying to use Unix |
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> >>> permission. Have you instead considered webdav? You can restrict this |
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> >>> to particular (apache) users/groups, directories, files. It also uses |
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> >>> lockfiles so with two users editing a file simultaneously will cause a |
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> >>> warning when you try to save it. |
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> >> |
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> >> How does webdav relate to something like subversion? Do they |
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> >> compliment each other or are they substitutes? |
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> >> |
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> >> - Grant |
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> > WebDAV has no version control. It is just an extension to HTTP for |
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> > distributed authoring. It supports locking files and methods which make |
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> > it more filesystem-like. AFAIK SVN uses WebDAV for its HTTP transfer |
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> > protocol. |
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> Got it. It sounds like I could use WebDAV in conjunction with |
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> subversion or git. I'll look into that. |
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The reason I mentioned webdav(s) earlier was because you can have granular |
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control of what each user can access. You need specify only what |
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directory/file you want them to be able to access and they shouldn't have |
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access to anything else. |
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Also, you don't need to give them shell access - which I find |
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(psychologically) more reassuring. ;-) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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