DEI Subversion Administration

This page contains instruction for administrator of Subversion repository hosted on the departmental servers.

Adding a new user

To add a new user, do the following:

• Go to https://acme.elet.polimi.it/ and login with your Dei account
• If needed, Create a new account
• Edit the file trac.ws.dei.polimi.it:/var/www/trac/<REPOSITORY>/conf/authz; the syntax is described on the help page on the Subversion server. Editing is done in three steps:
  • Copy the file to your computer using scp:

    scp -p <YOUR_USERNAME>@trac.ws.dei.polimi.it:/var/www/trac/<REPOSITORY>/conf/authz /tmp/

  • Edit the file /tmp/authz
  • Copy the file back to the server:

    scp /tmp/authz <YOUR_USERNAME>@trac.ws.dei.polimi.it:/var/www/trac/<REPOSITORY>/conf/

Creating a new account

This operation can be performed by anyone who has a valid departmental account.

• Go to https://acme.elet.polimi.it/ and login with your Dei account
• Select 'Accounts' -> 'New account'
• Fill in the data (users can subsequently change their passwords)