source: valtobtest/subversion-1.6.2/subversion/mod_authz_svn/INSTALL @ 3

I.    Installation

      mod_authz_svn will be installed alongside mod_dav_svn when the regular
      installation instructions are followed.

      NOTE: the module is functional, but you should consider it experimental.
      Some configurations may or may not have the desired effect.  Be sure
      to test if your configuration works as intended.


II.   Configuration

   1. Configuring Apache

      Modify your httpd.conf.  Add the following line _after_ the one that
      loads mod_dav_svn:

        LoadModule authz_svn_module   modules/mod_authz_svn.so

      There are several ways to setup access checking for your subversion
      location.  These are simple examples, for more complex configuration
      of authentication/authorization with Apache, please refer to the
      documentation: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/.

      A. Example 1: Anonymous access only

         This configuration will allow access only to the directories everyone
         has permissions to do the operation performed.  All other access is
         denied.  See section II.2 on how to set up permissions.

         <Location /svn>
           DAV svn
           SVNPath /path/to/repos

           AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/access/file
         </Location>

      B. Example 2: Mixed anonymous and authenticated access

         This configuration checks to see if anonymous access is allowed
         first, if not, it falls back to checking if the authenticated
         user has permissions to do the operation performed.

         <Location /svn>
           DAV svn
           SVNPath /path/to/repos

           AuthType Basic
           AuthName "Subversion repository"
           AuthUserFile /path/to/htpasswd/file

           AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/access/file

           # The following line will allow to fall back to authenticated
           # access when anonymous fails.
           Satisfy Any
           Require valid-user
         </Location>

      C. Example 3: Authenticated access only

         This configuration requires everyone accessing the repository to be
         authenticated.

         <Location /svn>
           DAV svn
           SVNPath /path/to/repos

           AuthType Basic
           AuthName "Subversion repository"
           AuthUserFile /path/to/htpasswd/file

           AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/access/file

           Require valid-user
         </Location>

         NOTE: Because there is no 'Satisfy Any' line, the module acts as if
         though AuthzSVNAnonymous was set to 'No'.  The AuthzSVNAnonymous
         directive prevents the anonymous access check from being run.


   2. Specifying permissions

      The file format of the access file looks like this:

        [groups]
        <groupname> = <user>[,<user>...]
        ...

        [<path in repository>]
        @<group> = [rw|r]
        <user> = [rw|r]
        * = [rw|r]

        [<repository name>:<path in repository>]
        @<group> = [rw|r]
        <user> = [rw|r]
        * = [rw|r]

      An example (line continued lines are supposed to be on one line):

        [groups]
        subversion = jimb,sussman,kfogel,gstein,brane,joe,ghudson,fitz, \
                     daniel,cmpilato,kevin,philip,jerenkrantz,rooneg, \
                     bcollins,blair,striker,naked,dwhedon,dlr,kraai,mbk, \
                     epg,bdenny,jaa
        subversion-doc = nsd,zbrown,fmatias,dimentiy,patrick
        subversion-bindings = xela,yoshiki,morten,jespersm,knacke
        subversion-rm = mprice
        ...and so on and so on...

        [/]
        # Allow everyone read on the entire repository
        * = r
        # Allow devs with blanket commit to write to the entire repository
        @subversion = rw

        [/trunk/doc]
        @subversion-doc = rw

        [/trunk/subversion/bindings]
        @subversion-bindings = rw

        [/branches]
        @subversion-rm = rw

        [/tags]
        @subversion-rm = rw

        [/branches/issue-650-ssl-certs]
        mass = rw

        [/branches/pluggable-db]
        gthompson = rw

        ...

        [/secrets]
        # Just for demonstration
        * =
        @subversion = rw

        # In case of SVNParentPath we can specify which repository we are
        # referring to.  If no matching repository qualified section is found,
        # the general unqualified section is tried.
        #
        # NOTE: This will work in the case of using SVNPath as well, only the
        # repository name (the last element of the url) will always be the
        # same.
        [dark:/]
        * =
        @dark = rw

        [light:/]
        @light = rw