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Re: "OPTIONS request failed" on commit

From: Jeff Jensen <jeffjensen_at_upstairstechnology.com>
Date: 2006-05-16 00:16:42 CEST

Thank you for the reply.

I commented out that line so we have no authorization in place, restarted httpd,
and the same problem occurs :-(.

Quoting Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@comcast.net>:

> Jeff Jensen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We temporarily setup svnserve for our new Subversion server (and it
> > works :-), and now are trying to setup use through Apache. We have
> > it partially working from remote (e.g. authentication, authorization,
> > svn co, browser traversing), but cannot commit.
> >
> > Using:
> > svn, version 1.1.4 (r13838)
> > compiled Apr 5 2005, 05:18:28
> >
> > Apache/2.0.53
> >
> >
> > We've been pulling our hair out Googling and searching this list's
> > archives etc. (every thread starts to answer something, but then ends
> > :-( I know there is some config error on our part. So far we have
> > not determined what it is!
> >
> > Our best guess so far is there is/are another thing to config in
> > httpd.conf, or something with our firewall/forwarding. For starters,
> > we understand that the web-dav OPTIONS command is not working, but
> > not sure how to get further/troubleshoot and diagnose why.
> >
> > The core issue to solve is this error:
> >
> > $ svn commit -m "the msg"
> > svn: Commit failed (details follow):
> > svn: OPTIONS request failed on '/svn/mndoc'
> > svn: The OPTIONS request returned invalid XML in the response: XML
> > parse error at line 1: no element found (/svn/mndoc)
> >
> >
> > This is the section added to http.conf
> > <IfModule mod_dav_svn.c>
> > <Location /svn>
> > DAV svn
> > SVNParentPath /home/subversion/repos
> >
> > #access control policy
> > AuthzSVNAccessFile /home/subversion/conf/authorization-apache
>
> I suggest that this is a big part of your problem. The SVNAccess format
> is.... odd. Take a look at the svnperms.py and svnperms.conf files for using
> a pre-commit hook script to control access.
>
> > #how to authenticate
> > AuthType Basic
> > AuthName "Subversion Repository"
> > AuthUserFile /home/subversion/conf/authentication-apache
> >
> > #only authenticated users can access
> > Require valid-user
> > </Location>
> > </IfModule>
> >
> > Anyone have advice for us please?!
>
>
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