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Version 4 (Chris Cannam, 2010-08-03 07:08 PM) → Version 5/25 (Chris Cannam, 2010-08-03 07:12 PM)

h2. Authentication for Mercurial activity

h3. Requirements

# *Clone/pull from repo for public project*: Any user, no authentication required
# *Clone/pull from repo for private project*: Permitted users only
# *Push to repo for public project*: Permitted users only
# *Push to repo for private project*: Permitted users only

What constitutes a permitted user?

* A user who is a member of the project?
* A user who is identified in the [web] section of the repository?
* A user who is both a member and identified in the [web] section?
* A user who is either a member or identified in the [web] section?
* A user who is identified in the [web] section, if any, or is a member if there is no such section?

h3. Techniques

* Apache authentication against Redmine user database using mod_auth_mysql (no support for LDAP-authenticated users?)
* Apache authentication against Redmine users using the mod_perl module Redmine.pm or a variant thereof (http://redmine.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk/extra/svn/Redmine.pm)?