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Re: problem in running svn command through php on CentOS

From: pinky goyal <pinks.forums_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-12-26 07:11:37 CET

Thnx for the help.....
the issue was that you have suggested.
again thnx a lot.

On 12/26/07, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2007b@ryandesign.com> wrote:

> On Dec 25, 2007, at 23:34, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
> > On Dec 25, 2007, at 23:27, pinky goyal wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/20/07, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> >>
> >>> <?php
> >>> $cmd = '/usr/bin/svn list file:///var/subversion/devfoundry/ 2>&1';
> >>> exec($cmd, $output);
> >>> $output = implode("\n", $output) . "\n";
> >>> echo $output;
> >>> ?>
> >>
> >> thnx for the reply.
> >>
> >> i have tried this and now what error i am getting is.
> >>
> >> svn:can't open file '/root/.subversion/servers':permission denied
> >>
> >> i have tried after giving rights to the file also, but even than i
> >> am getting the same error.
> >
> > I figured it would be some error like that. The svn command needs
> > to read data out of the .subversion directory in the current user's
> > home directory. When running under your web server, it thinks /root
> > is its home, but your web server is not running as root; it's
> > probably running as www or apache or nobody. Those users probably
> > don't have permission to read things in /root. One option might be
> > to tell the svn command where its home is, e.g.
> >
> > <?php
> > $cmd = 'HOME=/some/place /usr/bin/svn list file:///var/subversion/
> > devfoundry/ 2>&1';
> > ?>
> >
> > where /some/place is a directory the web server user can read and
> > write, so that svn can create the .subversion directory there.
>
> I forgot svn offers a more direct switch you can use:
>
> <?php
> $cmd = '/usr/bin/svn list --config-dir /some/place file:///var/
> subversion/devfoundry/ 2>&1';
> ?>
>
> That would be better.
>
>
Received on Wed Dec 26 07:15:10 2007

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