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Re: cannot commit

From: Jon Bendtsen <jon.bendtsen_at_laerdal.dk>
Date: 2005-08-31 00:35:11 CEST

Den 31. aug 2005 kl. 0:28 skrev Tom Brown:

> On Tuesday 30 August 2005 15:03, you wrote:
>
>> Den 30. aug 2005 kl. 23:42 skrev Tom Brown:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I recently moved a repository from one disk to another. I can
>>> checkout of the
>>> resository just fine. However, when I commit I get this error:
>>> svn: Commit failed (details follow):
>>> svn: Can't create directory '/usr/local/estsvn/est/db/transactions/
>>> 86-1.txn':
>>> Permission denied
>>>
>>> I am using subversion 1.2.1 and the fsfs file system. The owner on
>>> all the
>>> files and directories of /usr/local/estsvn and below is root:svn.
>>> What have I
>>> done wrong?
>>>
>>
>> Try to actually create a file in the same directory.
>>
>>
>> JonB
>>
>
> I created a file in /usr/local/estsvn/est/db/transactions using the
> nobody
> account without a problem. I am accessing the server using https
> via apache2.
> Apache runs as nobody. Do you know what user the file is being
> created with
> when I do a commit?

the user/group the apache server is running as.
Make the directory world writeable and see what happens.

JonB

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