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SVNWRAP(1)                             General Commands Manual                            SVNWRAP(1)



NAME
       svnwrap - Umask wrapper for subversion client commands

SYNOPSIS
       svnwrap {program} [args...]

DESCRIPTION
       svnwrap  is  a simple shell script to work around permission problems when sharing Subversion
       repositories between multiple local users.  svnwrap can be used either by specifying  a  par‐
       ticular  subversion client command on the command line, or by invoking it by the same name as
       the desired client command, via a symlink.

       svnwrap sets the umask to 002, then launches the appropriate subversion client command.   For
       complicated  reasons, this is needed when using the clients with BDB-format repositories, but
       not for FSFS-format ones.

EXAMPLES
       To create a new BDB-format shared  repository  (note  that  FSFS-format  shared  repositories
       should also be created this way):

       svnwrap svnadmin create --fs-type=bdb /path/to/repo
       chgrp -R shared_group /path/to/repo

       The following line in /etc/inetd.conf can be used to serve svn:// URLs:

       svn stream tcp nowait my_svn_user /usr/bin/svnwrap svnserve svnserve -i -r /srv/svn

       The following commands enable use of svnwrap for local file:/// and remote svn+ssh:// URLs:

       ln -s /usr/bin/svnwrap /usr/local/bin/svn
       ln -s /usr/bin/svnwrap /usr/local/bin/svnserve

       svn  is  used  for local file:/// URLs, and svnserve is invoked by remote users of svn+ssh://
       URLs.

BUGS
       If you symlink the svn binary to svnwrap, as shown in one of the examples, all  local  users'
       working  copies will also use the new umask.  Be sure to warn your users about this, as secu‐
       rity-related surprises are rarely pleasant.

SEE ALSO
       svnserve(8), svn(1), svnlook(1).

AUTHOR
       svnwrap and this manual were written by Peter Samuelson for the Debian Project  (but  may  be
       used by others).



                                             2006-04-21                                   SVNWRAP(1)