Justin:
I did exactly that, verifying that I even had the same versions of all four
components, and managed to get a slightly different error:
<D:error>
<C:error/>
<m:human-readable errcode="22">Can't set position pointer in file
'/var/svn/web/db/revs/0': Invalid argument</m:human-readable>
</D:error>
Then for no good reason it occurred to me try to to create the repository
using the Berkeley storage engine instead of the deafult filesystem engine.
That worked! Then I switched back to the Fedora/yum-provided Apache and
Subversion installation, and it worked there too. I went back and forth a
few times and established for certain that on this machine, Apache
2.2.2+Subversion1.3.2+Filesystem Repository Storage=BAD, and Apache
2.2.2+Subversion1.3.2+Berkeley Storage=GOOD.
If anybody has any bright ideas as a result of this info, I wouldn't mind
trying again with the filesystem option, but otherwise I'm going to stick
with BDB for now. I just wanted to record my particular solution for the
list's posterity. Also, thanks very much for your sustained attention to my
problem. I really appreciate it!
Tim
On 7/27/06, Edelson, Justin <Justin.Edelson@mtvn.com> wrote:
>
> I actually went so far as to download, compile, and install apr and
> apr-util separately, then apache (telling it to use the installed apr and
> apr-util) and then subversion (telling it to use the installed apxs, apr and
> apr-util).
>
> When doing this, apr and apr-util were installed into /usr/local/apr
>
> Specific version numbers:
> apr 1.2.7
> apr-util 1.2.7
> apache 2.2.2
> subversion 1.3.2
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Tim Berglund [mailto: tlberglund@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:49 AM
>
> *To:* Edelson, Justin
> *Cc:* users@subversion.tigris.org
> *Subject:* Re: Permission denied error with mod_dav_svn
>
> Justin:
>
> This was precisely my experience when installing an instance of Subversion
> at work under Fedora Core 3. I was able to get Apache 2.0.x and Subversion
> 1.0.x compiled and happy there. Then when I put Fedore Core 5 on a
> personal server, I figured since everything came bundled it should work out
> of the box and any problems must be my fault. So naive. :)
>
> I actually tried compiling Apache and Subversion together just before bed
> last night, and ran into trouble, so I backed off and figured I'd see if I
> could solve the main problem by way of a frontal assault. But perhaps I
> should try compiling again. To be clear, apr and apr-util should be included
> in the main Apache source distribution, right? I was having trouble getting
> Subversion's configure script to recognize where those two directories were
> located. Is the best approach to point Subversion's configure at the
> relevant apxs script, or individually at the apr and apr-util directories?
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 7/27/06, Edelson, Justin <Justin.Edelson@mtvn.com> wrote:
>
> > I can't speak to what's provided by Fedora, but if you're going to be
> > compiling subversion, it's critical that it be compiled against the same
> > version of APR as Apache. Failure to do so resulted, for me at least, with
> > all sorts of non-intuitive error messages, including (I believe) permission
> > denied.
> >
> > Ultimately, the easiest course of action for me was to compile/install
> > apr, apr-util, apache, and then subversion, ensuring that the appropriate
> > flags were passed to each configure script with the appropriate installation
> > path from the prior step.
> >
> > I'm sure some of this could have been avoided.
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Tim Berglund [mailto: tlberglund@gmail.com]
> > *Sent:* Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:30 AM
> > *To:* Edelson, Justin
> > *Cc:* users@subversion.tigris.org
> > *Subject: *Re: Permission denied error with mod_dav_svn
> >
> > Justin:
> >
> > Initially I didn't compile either one; they were just what I got from
> > the Fedora install and later updated by yum. Last night I did compile and
> > install Subversion, but "make install" didn't appear to provide new copies
> > of mod_dav_svn.so anywhere. In any case, the behavior was the same before
> > and after.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > On 7/27/06, Edelson, Justin <Justin.Edelson@mtvn.com > wrote:
> >
> > > Did you compile Apache and/or Subversion yourself?
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > *From:* Tim Berglund [mailto: tlberglund@gmail.com ]
> > > *Sent:* Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:10 AM
> > > *To:* users@subversion.tigris.org
> > > *Subject:* Permission denied error with mod_dav_svn
> > >
> > > I'm running Apache 2.2.2 and Subversion 1.3.2 on Fedora Core 5. I am
> > > attempting to use mod_dav_svn to access a Subversion repository, but I'm
> > > getting permission deined errors that don't seem to make sense.
> > >
> > > The relevant part of httpd.conf:
> > > <Location /svn/web>
> > > DAV svn
> > > SVNPath /var/svn/web
> > > </Location>
> > >
> > > The relevant part of Apache's error log:
> > > [Thu Jul 27 07:22:03 2006] [error] [client 64.81.101.167]
> > > (20014)Internal error: Can't open file '/var/svn/web/format': Permission
> > > denied
> > > [Thu Jul 27 07:22:03 2006] [error] [client 64.81.101.167 ] Could not
> > > fetch resource information. [500, #0]
> > > [Thu Jul 27 07:22:03 2006] [error] [client 64.81.101.167] Could not
> > > open the requested SVN filesystem [500, #13]
> > > [Thu Jul 27 07:22:03 2006] [error] [client 64.81.101.167] Could not
> > > open the requested SVN filesystem [500, #13]
> > >
> > > What I see in the browser window when I hit http://server/svn/web :
> > > <D:error>
> > > <C:error/>
> > > <m:human-readable errcode="13">Could not open the requested SVN
> > > filesystem</m:human-readable>
> > > </D:error>
> > >
> > > All of the SVN repository files are owned by apache:apache, which is
> > > consistent with the values of the User and Group directives in
> > > httpd.conf (Apache is running as the user "apache"). Just to take the
> > > really big hammer to the problem, I made gave /var/svn/web/format
> > > permissions of 666, and gave /var, /var/svn/ and /var/svn/web permissions of
> > > 777. No dice. I'm thinking the problem isn't really a matter of permissions.
> > >
> > >
> > > I saw a similar error reported at
> > > http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2004-12/0345.shtml, but there didn't
> > > seem to be a solution posted there.
> > > Any ideas? I know I've got a lot of details posted here; sorry for the
> > > big dump. I'm most grateful for any suggestions you can provide.
> > >
> > > Warmly,
> > > Tim Berglund
> > >
> >
> >
>
Received on Thu Jul 27 23:49:00 2006