svnserve password file location

Hi there

I (and 1 colleague) have been using svn for about 2 years, but so far
with file access across a windows network.

Now we have had subversion installed on a server (windows 2003) and have
svnserve running as a service. This seems to work OK, but I am having
difficulty getting svnserve to read a password file if it is not in
the default location (under the conf directory of the repository).

If I specify password-db =
E:\HitekCAD2006\Units\SoftwareDevelopment\passwd, I get an error

Error * Can't open file
'E:\HitekCAD2006\Units\SoftwareDevelopment\Source\conf\E:\HitekCAD2006\U
nit...\ The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is
incorrect.

If I specify password-db =
\HitekCAD2006\Units\SoftwareDevelopment\passwd, I get an error

Error * Can't open file
'E:\HitekCAD2006\Units\SoftwareDevelopment\Source\conf\\HitekCAD2006\Uni
t...\ The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is
incorrect.

With password-db = /HitekCAD2006/Units/SoftwareDevelopment/passwd, I get
an error

Error * Can't open file
'/HitekCAD2006/Units/SoftwareDevelopment/passwd': The filename,
directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

The only way I can get the server to see the password file is by using
the network address:

password-db = //lhuk2/Units/SoftwareDevelopment/passwd

which means the conf files are all machine name dependant, which I had
not expected.

I have installed version 1.4.6 of subversion.

Any help on what I am so obviously missing gratefully received!

Mike Newsome

Firmware Design Engineer

Hitek Power Ltd, England

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