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 SVN USER MANAGEMENT README
 ==========================
 
+Command line script to manage the cpi lab journal users.
+
+quick file overview
+-------------------
+
 First of all, we talk about the following files and folders:
 
     .htpasswd
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 In this list, there is one hidden files: `.htpasswd`. This file is hidden on
 purpose, so ** don't mess with it **.
 
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-quick file overview
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 `.htpasswd`: stores the passwords for the users (classical apache htpaswd-file)
 
 `README`: this file