Re: cannot connect to svnserve locally and remotely
From: James <oldyoungguy88_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 07:21:30 -0700
Thank you guys. Connected!!!!
It is selinux stop the connection to the svnserve.
I should mentioned that I have create an user group and changed the owner and permission on the repository.
I also modified the svnserve.conf and passwd files of that repository and enabled to use passwd and added users in the passwd file.
But it seems the password policy doesn't work. Anyuser can connect to that repository. I read the svn-book and few online instructions. I do enabled the policy but it doesn't work for me. Any thoughts? Maybe because my repository is empty (no custom files yet)? But I guess it shouldn't matter, right?
Another question is how can I set the selinux allows the svnserve connections? I don't want to turn it off just because the subversion.
Thanks,
James
On Friday, September 5, 2014 5:31 AM, Philip Martin <philip.martin_at_wandisco.com> wrote:
James <oldyoungguy88_at_yahoo.com> writes:
> I got latest subversion setup on my latest Fedora 20.
> $svn co svn://devserver/Playground Playground --username bowing
> svn: E000013: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'svn://devserver/Playground'
> svn: E000013: Can't open file '/home/svn/Playground/format': Permission denied
>
> The svnserve is running:
>
> $systemctl status svnserve.service
> svnserve.service - Subversion protocol daemon
> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/svnserve.service; enabled)
> Active: active (running) since Fri 2014-09-05 00:10:29 EDT; 2min 16s ago
> Process: 1111 ExecStart=/usr/bin/svnserve --daemon --pid-file=/run/svnserve/svnserve.pid $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
> Main PID: 1129 (svnserve)
> CGroup: /system.slice/svnserve.service
> └─1129 /usr/bin/svnserve --daemon --pid-file=/run/svnserve/svnserve.pid -r /home/svn
One possible cause is that the repository in /home/svn is owned
different user from the from user running svnserve and the svnserve user
doesn't have OS level access to the files. If this is the case then
either use the same user or use group permissions.
Another possible cause is that selinux prevents svnserve from accessing
any files in /home. Put selinux into the permissive mode and the GUI
will alert you to selinux violations and provide hints on how to modify
selinux to allow the access. Or move the repository into the location
to which selinux allows access.
--
Philip Martin | Subversion Committer
WANdisco // *Non-Stop Data*
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