Controls how restricted access to the repository is handled.
Access method | Description |
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anonymous | Username and password is not needed to access the repository |
shared | A shared username and password is set once during configuration. All users browses the repository using the shared credentials. |
user | sventon users needs to supply username and password when browsing a restricted repository. |
A note about security
When using the shared access method the username and password is stored together with other sventon config information. In a production situation you may want to take appropriate measures to secure this data.
Enabling user based access control stores username and password in the user session, this could be considered a security problem.