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Cannot check out public directory with client 1.8.x without access to repo root

From: Mark Tsuchida <marktsuchida_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:19:42 -0700

Hello,

I'm having an issue with our partially-public SVN repository.

The server is running SVN 1.6.11 (CentOS 6.4) with Apache and TLS.
Our repository (let's call it "myrepo") allows public read access (* =
r) to myrepo/trunk, but not to myrepo/ (the root). There is also a
directory myrepo/trunk/secret to which only specific users have access
to.

Everything has been working as expected with SVN 1.6 and 1.7 clients:
in particular, no username or password is requested when checking out
myrepo/trunk.

However, with SVN 1.8.0 and 1.8.1 clients, it is not possible to check
out any directory without supplying the credentials of a user who has
access to the repository root.

svn co https://our.server.com/svn/myrepo/trunk -> Requires
authentication with client 1.8.x but not with 1.6.x or 1.7.x
svn list https://our.server.com/svn/myrepo/trunk -> Works even with 1.8.1
svn list https://our.server.com/svn/myrepo -> Requires auth, as expected

The 1.8.x clients can successfully check out myrepo/trunk if a
username and password are given, for a user with access to the
repository root.

I have so far been unable to reproduce this with a simplified test
repository, so any hints as to where to look would be much
appreciated.

The following is the section of ssl_access_log produced by checking
out myrepo/trunk using client 1.6.18 (OS X):
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "OPTIONS
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 479
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 718
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "OPTIONS
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479

And the following is the section of ssl_access_log produced by
checking out myrepo/trunk using client 1.8.1 (TortoiseSVN on Windows
7):
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:05 -0700] "OPTIONS
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:05 -0700] "OPTIONS
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 97
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 781
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 276
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "OPTIONS
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "OPTIONS
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 97
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 341
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "OPTIONS
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "OPTIONS
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 97
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479
xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123 HTTP/1.1" 401 483

It appears that the 1.8.1 client requests /svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123, to
which access is denied (401), whereas client 1.6.18 only ever requests
/svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123/trunk, to which access is granted.

Thanks for any help,
Mark
Received on 2013-08-19 20:20:15 CEST

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