svnserve(8) svnserve(8)
NAME
svnserve - Server for the 'svn' repository access method
SYNOPSIS
svnserve [options]
DESCRIPTION
svnserve allows access to Subversion repositories using the svn network protocol. It can both run as
a standalone server process, or it can run out of inetd. You must choose a mode of operation when
you start svnserve. The following options are recognized:
-d, --daemon
Causes svnserve to run in daemon mode. svnserve backgrounds itself and accepts and serves
TCP/IP connections on the svn port (3690, by default).
--listen-port=port
Causes svnserve to listen on port when run in daemon mode.
--listen-host=host
Causes svnserve to listen on the interface specified by host, which may be either a hostname or
an IP address.
--foreground
When used together with -d, this option causes svnserve to stay in the foreground. This option
is mainly useful for debugging.
-i, --inetd
Causes svnserve to use the stdin/stdout file descriptors, as is appropriate for a daemon running
out of inetd.
-h, --help
Displays a usage summary and exits.
-r root, --root=root
Sets the virtual root for repositories served by svnserve. The pathname in URLs provided by the
client will be interpreted relative to this root, and will not be allowed to escape this root.
-R --read-only
Force all write operations through this svnserve instance to be forbidden, overriding all other
access policy configuration. Do not use this option to set general repository access policy -that policythat
that is what the conf/svnserve.conf repository configuration file is for. This option should be
used only to restrict access via a certain method of invoking svnserve - for example, to allow
write access via SSH, but not via a svnserve daemon, or to create a restricted SSH key which is
only capable of read access.
-t, --tunnel
Causes svnserve to run in tunnel mode, which is just like the inetd mode of operation (serve one
connection over stdin/stdout) except that the connection is considered to be pre-authenticated
with the username of the current uid. This flag is selected by the client when running over a
tunnel agent.
--tunnel-user=username
When combined with --tunnel, overrides the pre-authenticated username with the supplied user-name. username.
name. This is useful in combination with the ssh authorized_key file's "command" directive to
allow a single system account to be used by multiple committers, each having a distinct ssh
identity.
-T, --threads
When running in daemon mode, causes svnserve to spawn a thread instead of a process for each
connection. The svnserve process still backgrounds itself at startup time.
-X, --listen-once
Causes svnserve to accept one connection on the svn port, serve it, and exit. This option is
mainly useful for debugging.
Once the client has selected a repository by transmitting its URL, svnserve reads a file named
conf/svnserve.conf in the repository directory to determine repository-specific settings such as what
authentication database to use and what authorization policies to apply. See the svnserve.conf(5)
man page for details of that file format.
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