We are running svnserve on a Mac OS X.
I can not get the subversion server to control access. I executed the 
server by this command:
*    /usr/bin/svnserve --daemon --root=/var/svn 
--config-file=/var/svn/config/svnserve.conf*
As long as file /var/svn/config/svnserve.conf contains the original line:
*    # anon-access = read*
this command works:
*    svn info svn://localhost/sample*
Of COURSE I don't want random hackers to have read access to my source 
code !!!!!
As soon as that line is changed to
*    anon-access = none*
the error message comes back:
*    svn: No access allowed to this repository*
(By the way, I originally changed the "#" to a space and got an error on 
that line. Apparently the keyword MUST start in the first column.)
I have added this line to 'passwd' -
*    andy = canfield*
I have added these lines to 'authz' -
*    [/sample]
     andy = rw*
The documentation for 'svn' says that if you don't give a user name and 
password you will be prompted for them. I have never under an 
circumstances been prompted. Even this command fails with the same error 
message:
*    svn info --username=andy --password=canfield svn://localhost/sample*
Received on 2011-07-17 11:01:26 CEST