I have apache2 with websvn (subversion). The following snippet from my
configuration gives access to all subdirectories of /svn only to the
authenticated user "paolini"

<Location /svn>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
order allow,deny
allow from all
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
php_flag track_vars On
</IfModule>
DAV svn
SVNParentPath /home/cvgmt/svn
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Subversione Repository for paotest"
AuthUserFile /home/cvgmt/users
Require user paolini
</Location>

Now I would like to put different .htaccess files in every subdirectory,
to make it possible to change user permissions without restarting the
server. The point is that it seems to me that .htaccess files are not
read at all. In fact I suspect that apache does not even know where the
files are, since the command SVNParentPath is only interpreted by the
webdav module.

Do you have any suggestion?

Thanks,
E.

On 2008-09-30, ?manu* <paoliniNO@SPAM.math.unifi.it> wrote:
> Now I would like to put different .htaccess files in every subdirectory,
> to make it possible to change user permissions without restarting the
> server.

Use an external authentication system (LDAP,MySQL...)
Davide

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