Comment 3 for bug 337215

Glad to hear it Adam! Thanks for all the effort.

Cheers,
-Allan

> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 04:39:36 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 337215] Re: Error in Subversion documentation page (8.04)
>
> Thanks Allan for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better.
> I've added your changes to revision 204 in the Jaunty branch.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-doc
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Adam Sommer (asommer)
> Status: Triaged => Fix Committed
>
> --
> Error in Subversion documentation page (8.04)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337215
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>
> Status in Ubuntu Documentation: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> In the Subversion documentation page here:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/subversion.html
>
> Under the heading:
>
> Access via WebDAV protocol (http://)
>
> There is the following text:
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Next, you must create the /etc/subversion/passwd file. This file contains user authentication details. To add an entry, i.e. to add a user, you can run the following command from a terminal prompt:
>
> sudo htpasswd -c /etc/subversion/passwd user_name
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The text is misleading. There are actually two steps required. The text should read something like this:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Next, you must create the /etc/subversion/passwd file that will contain user authentication details. To create a file issue the following command at a command prompt (which will create the file and add the first user):
>
> sudo htpasswd -c /etc/subversion/password user_name
>
> To add additional users omit the "-c" option as this option replaces the old file. Instead use this form:
>
> sudo htpasswd /etc/subversion/password user_name
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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