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Re: Error 1053 when starting svnserve as a service on WinXP

From: D.J. Heap <djheap_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-02-19 17:16:47 CET

On 2/18/07, Carroll G. Dase <cdase@drivven.com> wrote:
> I noticed a thread with the same title started last September.
>
> I could not tell from the thread if Grant Rettke ever was able to start his
> svnserve as a WinXP service without the 1053 error.
>
> I am getting the same error as Grant after I do this:
>
> sc create svnserve binpath= "C:\Subversion\svn-win32-1.4.3\bin\svnserve.exe
> --service --root S:\Repository" displayname= "Subversion" depend= tcpip
> start= auto
>
> Then I attempt to start the service and I get the 1053 error.
>
> I have found that when I leave off the --root option, the service will start
> successfully. However, I read where you must use the root option if your
> svnserve install and repository are on two different drives. My S:\ drive
> is physically located on a SimpleShare NAS drive. I also tried using a UNC
> path with the root option and got the same error.
>
> I can run svnserve as a daemon and everything works fine, including the root
> option. Therefore it seems to be a --service option problem.
>
> Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug with the --service option
> combined with the --root option?

You'll need to make sure you use a UNC path, setup a user that has the
network permissions to get to that path, and then setup the svnservice
to run as that user. The default user for services has no network
rights at all.

DJ

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