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  particular  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 security-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)