Controls how restricted access to the repository is handled.

Access method Description
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.