From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 24 8:15:26 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9411837B401 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:15:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from gannet.scg.man.ac.uk (gannet.scg.man.ac.uk [130.88.94.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E67143E4A for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:15:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ZWang@picr.man.ac.uk) Received: from lancelot.picr.man.ac.uk ([130.88.231.11]) by gannet.scg.man.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #6) id 18c6U9-000C7r-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:15:17 +0000 Received: by lancelot with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:15:05 -0000 Message-ID: <82E7759E5C86D511A01D0000F8785533CB802F@lancelot> From: Zhi Cheng Wang To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: protecting cvs repository Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:15:05 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi does cvsweb have the ability to ask for username and passwd if web users are trying to browse the repository? i have done this in an ugly way by creating a subdir and put the cvsweb.cgi under this subdir, then in httpd.conf to protect this subdir using http authentication. is there a better way to achieve this? thanks cheng This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the Person(s) ('the intended recipient') to whom it was addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Paterson Institute For Cancer Research or the Christie Hospital NHS Trust. It may contain information that is privileged & confidential within the meaning of applicable law. Accordingly any dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message, or any of its contents, by any person other than the intended recipient may constitute a breach of civil or criminal law and is strictly prohibited. If you are NOT the intended recipient please contact the sender and dispose of this e-mail as soon as possible. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message