mercurial-server: doc/how-it-works@ae1845978e38 (annotated)

83 86ec1268d306 Move some docs out of the README to make it less daunting Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: diff changeset	1	HOW IT WORKS
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100 db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	3	When a developer attempts to connect to a repository via ssh, the SSH
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	4	daemon searches for a match for that user's key in
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	5	~hg/.ssh/authorized_keys. If the developer is authorised to connect to the
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	6	repository they will have an entry in this file. The entry includes a
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	7	"command" prefix which specifies that the restricted shell
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	8	"/usr/local/share/mercurial-server/hg-ssh" should be used; this shell is
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	9	passed an argument identifying the developer. The shell parses the command
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	10	the developer is trying to execute, and consults a rules file to see if
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	11	that developer is allowed to perform that action on that repository.
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86ec1268d306 Move some docs out of the README to make it less daunting Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: diff changeset	13	The file ~hg/.ssh/authorized_keys is generated by "refresh-auth", which
100 db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	14	recurses through two directories of files containing SSH keys and generates
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	15	an entry in authorized_keys for each one, using the name of the key file as
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	16	the identifier for the developer. These keys will live in the "keys"
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	17	subdirectory "/etc/mercurial-server" and the "keys" subdirectory of a
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	18	repository called "hgadmin". A hook in this repository re-runs
db219a5a14f8 share not lib in docs Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 83 diff changeset	19	"refresh-auth" on the most recent version after every push.
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86ec1268d306 Move some docs out of the README to make it less daunting Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: diff changeset	21	Finally, hook in an extension is run for each changeset that is remotely
86ec1268d306 Move some docs out of the README to make it less daunting Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: diff changeset	22	committed, which uses the rules file to determine whether to allow the
86ec1268d306 Move some docs out of the README to make it less daunting Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: diff changeset	23	changeset.

author	Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net>
	Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:03:53 +0100
changeset 103	ae1845978e38
parent 100	db219a5a14f8
child 112	3035990989ee
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