Re: "Expected version '1' of repository; found no version...

Gordon Sullivan <gordon@gortek.com> writes:

> > > I'm getting the following message when I try viewing the repository
> > > in my browser: "Expected version '1' of repository; found no version
> > > at all; is '/usr/local/svn-repo' a valid repository path?"
> > >
> > > --Yes, it is. I can do a co of the repository from the local
> > > machine using the file:/// convention
> >
> > This is most likely a permissions problem - check the uid and gid
> > Apache is running under and make sure they can both read and write to
> > the repository.
>
> I created a 'svn' user account that owns the repository and the apache server
> runs as that user as well.

Does the file /usr/local/svn-repo/format exist? Does it have a first
line consisting of the digit "1"?

Can the svn user run 'cat /usr/local/svn-repo/format'?

-- 
Philip Martin
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