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Re: ra_svn/ssh broken?

From: Greg Hudson <ghudson_at_MIT.EDU>
Date: 2003-03-25 18:15:06 CET

On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 12:03, pll@lanminds.com wrote:
> I'm not sure what I should be using for the repo path. Is it the
> same as I would specify to the 'http' method or the same as to the
> 'file' method?

The same as you would specify to the 'file' method. (The HTTP method
goes through Apache configuration, and Apache is not involved here.)

> Interestingly, on the server, I can see that I get authorized and
> logged in via ssh, but then there are no messages about what's wrong.
> As you can see, I've set neon-debug-mask, but I don't know where neon
> is logging. Is this a client side or a server side log facilty?

Neon is not involved; we use neon on the client for the ra_dav access
method.

I believe there is a semi-known bug in this part of svnserve's error
reporting, such that if the repository can't be opened for permissions
reasons (the most common problem), you don't get a useful error
message. At this moment I can't think of an easy way to get a diagnosis
out of svnserve. (If you're handy with gdb, you could insert an "{int
x=1; while (x);}" in svnserve's main() and attach to the process after
it starts, but that doesn't qualify as "easy".)

Search for "Repository Permissions" in the guide book
(http://svnbook.red-bean.com/book.html) and see if that helps. Sorry
you have to fly blind for now.

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