view log problem with path authorisation

I posted this query to the users list but had no response. To me, this is not behaviour I would expect.

Authenticated users with read or r/w authorisation are unable to view logs, eg:

    # svn --username whatever --password xxxxx log svn://svn/repos/project/yada.txt
    svn: Item is not readable

After authentication, users are able to check out files, etc, just not see the logs. For anyone to view logs, I must grant anonymous read access in authz and then it works:

    [/]
        * = r

I've seen this reported earlier but no answer:

    http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2011-02/0141.shtml
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6651997/svn-show-log-not-working

Is this a bug or is it expected behaviour?

thanks, Phil

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