svnserve(8)svnserve(8)NAMEsvnserve - Server for the 'svn' repository access method
SYNOPSISsvnserve [options]
DESCRIPTIONsvnserve 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 rela‐
tive 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
is what the conf/svnserve.confP 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 user‐
name with the supplied username. 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 hav‐
ing 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 direc‐
tory to determine repository-specific settings such as what authentica‐
tion 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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