mercurial-server: doc/how-it-works@e326e29b48ab (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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112 3035990989ee Documentation improvements Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 100 diff changeset	21	When users try to commit new changesets, a hook is run which consults the
3035990989ee Documentation improvements Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 100 diff changeset	22	rules file to decide whether to allow the changeset into the repository.
3035990989ee Documentation improvements Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 100 diff changeset	23	This can depend not only on the user and the repository, but also the
3035990989ee Documentation improvements Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net> parents: 100 diff changeset	24	branch and files in the changeset.

author	Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net>
	Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:23:51 +0100
changeset 141	e326e29b48ab
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