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Re: Problem of running svnserver.exe as service

From: Erik Huelsmann <ehuels_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-08-28 10:49:10 CEST

On 8/28/07, si <sshnug.si@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
> On 8/27/07, Steven Woody <narkewoody@gmail.com> wrote:
> > the svnserver is 1.44, i run below at command prompt:
> >
> > sc create svn.local binpath= "\"c:\Program
> > Files\Subversion\bin\svnserve.exe\" --service --root d:\svn.repos"
> > displaynam= "Subversion Repository" depend= Tcpip
> >
> > the service was created successfully, but when i tried to start it, i
> > always got an error: The dependency service does not exist or has been
> > marked for deletion.
>
> Do the docs here help?
>
> http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-serversetup-svnserve.html#tsvn-serversetup-svnserve-3
> (watch for wrap)
>
> Inparticular:
>
> sc create svnserve binpath= "c:\svnserve\svnserve.exe --service -root
> c:\repos" displayname= "Subversion" depend= tcpip start= auto
>
> Note that I also recommend suffixing obj= "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService"
> to that command and configuring your file systems permissions to suit.
> Incidently, this should help mitigate any security vulnerabilities
> (e.g. svn v1.4.5 ;-)

I do see the smiley, but would like to stress that 1.4.5 is a
*client-side only* security risk. And a mild one at that. *No* servers
are at risk.

bye,

Erik.

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