Questions tagged [authz]

authz is a shorthand for "authorization" in a variety of development contexts.

authz is an abbreviation of authorization, the concept of giving permission to do something on behalf of an authenticated user.

The term authz is frequently used in relation to Apache's authentication and authorization modules, where authentication is abbreviated "authn".

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Authz file in svnserve

I am trying to setup the authz file in svnserve (under SUN OS). my repo name is CL_xyz, the repo path is /export/svnrepo/xyz. How to specify the repo path at step x to get the desired result? Rightnow, i am getting an error - Sending …
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SVN authz using linux group

Is it possible to setup an SVN authz file to use linux server groups? To try to give a bit more detail/an example, say I have and SVN authz file as follows: [groups] developers = linuxUserA, linuxUserB reviewers = linuxUserC endUsers = linuxGroupA …
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SVN Rights Management Tool using Windows Authentication method

We're using VisualSVN Server as SVN server in Windows. But it has very limited abilities for managing rights. Also we couldn't use svn_access_file because our users are going to be authenticated using Windows Authentication method. Is there any tool…
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Why does svn authz need read access by default?

I need to give read/write access for a user to an exactly one repository. Why this doesn't work? [groups] dev = dvolosnykh,sam [/ukk] ukk = rw [/] @dev = rw Why should I add this? [/] @dev = rw * = r # read access for everyone. Why? I'm using…
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How to configure svn authz on Windows?

We would like to start two new development projects: Project1 and Project2. We have two groups of developers: GroupA should have full (read + write) access to both projects, and GroupB should have no access to Project1, but full access to…
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Acces control using SVN "authz" and svnserve

I have a SVN server running on Windows I create a repo for a project like this: E:\SVN\WEB\MYWEB-WWW I add in the "passwd" file the users: [users] admin = qazwsx developer1 = 123456 developer2 = qwerty then I edit the "authz"…
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Can I use the JWSCL to check whether the current user has a specific extended right on an Active Directory object?

[This is a slightly more specific version of the question I already asked here: How do I query effective permissions on an Active Directory Object? - Hopefully the answers I receive here will help me better understand and judge the answer(s) I…
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Zanzibar doubts about Tuple + Check Api. (authzed/spicedb)

We currently have a home grown authz system in production that uses opa/rego policy engine as core for decision making(close to what netflix done). We been looking at Zanzibar rebac model to replace our opa/policy based decision engine, and AuthZed…
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Config AuthzSVNReposRelativeAccessFile on SubversionEdge

I would like to config access rule per repo on SubversionEdge. I mean use AuthzSVNReposRelativeAccessFile = authz directive in httpd.conf to set up access file per repo instead of using one file for all repos. DAV svn …
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What is svnserve's authz's path syntax on Windows?

Background I have been running svnserve version 1.8.17 configuration management software on my windows intranet for years with now 10 PCs. The PCs use TortoiseSVN as the client. Now I need to add another user who has access only to a sub-folder.…
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Authzforce does not store policies?

I am developing a new application using Fiware and I am interested in adding a security layer using the specific Fiware GE for this: IdM Keyrock Wilma PEP Proxy AuthZForce PDP I started by setting up my own local installation of these components,…
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Access request policy not being invoked in AuthZForce PDP

Ive created this policy in the Domain of the AuthZForce PDP:
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Fiware AuthZForce error: "AZF domain not created for application"

I'm trying to protect Orion Context Broker using KeyRock idm, Wilma PEP-Proxy and AuthZForce PDP over Docker. For now, level 1 security works well and I can deny access to non logged users, but I get this error on Wilma when trying to add level…
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SVN Externals and Permissions in the absence of path based access control

We are using SVN externals to basically create symbolic links to other repositories. For example svn://Repo1/Projects/Project1/Trunk Contains some directories which are actually externals linking to svn://Repo2/Projects/Derp_Library_Foo When a…
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Manually Update authz on CollabNet Subversion Edge Server

I have a repository set up on CollabNet Subversion Edge 3.1.0. I want to use LDAP groups with different permissions to authenticate against my repository. Of course, Apache's authz is unaware of LDAP groups. My strategy is to have a script that…
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