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-### This file is an example authorization file for svnserve.
-### Its format is identical to that of mod_authz_svn authorization
-### files.
-### As shown below each section defines authorizations for the path and
-### (optional) repository specified by the section name.
-### The authorizations follow. An authorization line can refer to a
-### single user, to a group of users defined in a special [groups]
-### section, or to anyone using the '*' wildcard.  Each definition can
-### grant read ('r') access, read-write ('rw') access, or no access
-### ('').
-
-[groups]
-# harry_and_sally = harry,sally
-
-# [/foo/bar]
-# harry = rw
-# * =
-
-# [repository:/baz/fuz]
-# @harry_and_sally = rw
-# * = r
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-### This file is an example password file for svnserve.
-### Its format is similar to that of svnserve.conf. As shown in the
-### example below it contains one section labelled [users].
-### The name and password for each user follow, one account per line.
-
-[users]
-# harry = harryssecret
-# sally = sallyssecret
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-### This file controls the configuration of the svnserve daemon, if you
-### use it to allow access to this repository.  (If you only allow
-### access through http: and/or file: URLs, then this file is
-### irrelevant.)
-
-### Visit http://subversion.tigris.org/ for more information.
-
-[general]
-### These options control access to the repository for unauthenticated
-### and authenticated users.  Valid values are "write", "read",
-### and "none".  The sample settings below are the defaults.
-# anon-access = read
-# auth-access = write
-### The password-db option controls the location of the password
-### database file.  Unless you specify a path starting with a /,
-### the file's location is relative to the conf directory.
-### Uncomment the line below to use the default password file.
-# password-db = passwd
-### The authz-db option controls the location of the authorization
-### rules for path-based access control.  Unless you specify a path
-### starting with a /, the file's location is relative to the conf
-### directory.  If you don't specify an authz-db, no path-based access
-### control is done.
-### Uncomment the line below to use the default authorization file.
-# authz-db = authz
-### This option specifies the authentication realm of the repository.
-### If two repositories have the same authentication realm, they should
-### have the same password database, and vice versa.  The default realm
-### is repository's uuid.
-# realm = My First Repository