I'm using svn version 1.4.3 on my client, and 1.3.2 on the server.
On 3/5/07, Scott Hendrickson <sahendrickson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have an svn 'repository' that was recently moved. A 'user' who had
> previously checked out a folder within the repository was unable to relocate
> their copy to this new host. They kept getting the following error:
>
> PROPFIND request failed on '/svn/repository'
> PROPFIND of '/svn/repository': 403 Forbidden (https://domain.name)
>
> They were able to check out a fresh copy from the new repository, but were
> not able to relocate their old copy to it.
>
> After looking in to this (and doing a little testing) It appeared that the
> user could not relocate the repository unless they had permission to read
> and write (possibly just read -- I only tested with both read and write)
> access to the root of the repository. When I added them as having rw
> permission in [/], they could relocate the repository without any problems.
> I've attached some (shortened) configuration files and log messages below.
> Hopefully they will help. Of note, notice that the error.log file shows
> them trying to access PROPFIND on repository:/ when they were relocating a
> subfolder within it.
>
> If this is a bug, what should I do?
> If this is a misconfiguration on my part, how should I fix it?
>
> Thank you,
> -- Scott
>
> P.S. (I'm not subscribed, so please CC me if responding to this e-mail)
>
>
> ---- Apache Config file contains:
>
> <Location /svn>
>
> DAV svn
> SVNParentPath /var/svn
> SVNAutoversioning on
>
> Order Allow,Deny
> Allow from all
>
> <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
> SSLRequireSSL
> </IfModule>
>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "SVN Repositories"
> AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
> AuthzSVNAccessFile /etc/apache2/svn.authz
>
> Require valid-user
>
> </Location>
>
> ---- svn.authz
>
> [/]
> * =
>
> [repository:/some/folder]
> user = rw
>
> ---- Apache error.log
>
> [Mon Mar 05 22:21:03 2007] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] Access denied:
> 'user' PROPFIND repository:/
>
>
Received on Sun Mar 11 00:16:51 2007