Index: autoprop_tests.py
===================================================================
--- autoprop_tests.py	(revision 11465)
+++ autoprop_tests.py	(working copy)
@@ -114,9 +114,10 @@
   # some directories
   wc_dir = sbox.wc_dir
   tmp_dir = os.path.abspath(svntest.main.temp_dir)
-  config_dir = os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'autoprops_config')
+#  config_dir = os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'autoprops_config')
+  config_dir = svntest.main.config_dir;
   repos_url = svntest.main.current_repo_url
-  svntest.main.set_config_dir(config_dir)
+#  svntest.main.set_config_dir(config_dir)
 
   # initialize parameters
   if cmd == 'import':
Index: svntest/main.py
===================================================================
--- svntest/main.py	(revision 11465)
+++ svntest/main.py	(working copy)
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@
 # (derivatives of the tmp dir.)
 pristine_dir = os.path.join(temp_dir, "repos")
 greek_dump_dir = os.path.join(temp_dir, "greekfiles")
-config_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(temp_dir, "config"))
+#config_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(temp_dir, "config"))
+config_dir = "/tmp/svnserve_config"
 default_config_dir = config_dir