ViewVC is more strict than our existing WebSVN subversion web interface.
This means that the access_file that you have already setup and that works fine with WebSVN may not have the same behavior with ViewVC.
For Example:
Say you have a repository with the following top level folders:
- Folder-A
- Folder-B
- rice_config
[/] mynetid = rw [/Folder-A] mynetid = rw [/Folder-B] * = r [/rice_config] mynetid = rw * =
In WebSVN, this will allow anyone to read Folder-B. However, in ViewVC, no one will be able to see Folder-B because they must have permissions to the top level directory.
The only way to make this work is to allow anyone to read the top level directory, but then you will have to specifically revoke everyone privileges for each sub folder, like this:
[/] mynetid = rw * = r [/Folder-A] mynetid = rw * = [/Folder-B] * = r [/rice_config] mynetid = rw * =