SVN under Apache looking in .subversion/servers

[Goddard Lee <le...@easa.eu.int>]

I'm having problems with the perl bindings, SVN::Client, and with 'svn'
generally, though Apache 2.0. When I run the little test script below as
'nobody', as my httpd would, it fails on both counts with the message:

Bogus filename: Can't open config file '/root/.subversion/servers' 

All I want to do is add/commit a document with a specific username. I
can see no reference in the perldocs to the client looking on the
filesystem.

Is there anyway to have Apache 2.0 perform these tasks with subversion?

Please help!
Lee

#! perl
use Test::More tests => 3;
use strict;
use warnings;
use_ok('SVN::Client');
diag "Sub ref";
eval {
my $ctx = new SVN::Client(
auth => [
SVN::Client::get_simple_prompt_provider(\&simple_prompt, 1),
]
);
};
$@? fail($@) : pass("OK");
diag "Anon sub";
eval {
my $ctx = new SVN::Client(
auth => [
SVN::Client::get_simple_prompt_provider(sub {
my $cred = shift;
$cred->username("test");
$cred->password("p455w0rd");
}, 2),
]
);
};
$@? fail($@) : pass("OK");
exit;
sub simple_prompt {
my $cred = shift;
$cred->username('test');
$cred->password('p455w0rd');
}
__END__
OUTPUT:

[root@bdms t]# sudo -u nobody perl ctx.mini.t
1..3
ok 1 - use SVN::Client;
# Sub ref
not ok 2 - Bogus filename: Can't open config file
'/root/.subversion/servers' at ctx.mini.t line 12 #
# Failed test (ctx.mini.t at line 18)
# Anon sub
not ok 3 - Bogus filename: Can't open config file
'/root/.subversion/servers' at ctx.mini.t line 28 #
# Failed test (ctx.mini.t at line 32)
# Looks like you failed 2 tests of 3.
[root@bdms t]#

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Re: SVN under Apache looking in .subversion/servers

[Malcolm Rowe <ma...@farside.org.uk>]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 08:32:53AM +0200, Goddard Lee wrote:
> I'm having problems with the perl bindings, SVN::Client, and with 'svn'
> generally, though Apache 2.0. When I run the little test script below as
> 'nobody', as my httpd would, it fails on both counts with the message:
> 
> Bogus filename: Can't open config file '/root/.subversion/servers' 

> [root@bdms t]# sudo -u nobody perl ctx.mini.t

I don't know much about the bindings, but you might want to try passing
the -i flag (simulate initial login) to sudo:

# sudo -i -u nobody perl ctx.mini.t

which will set up the environment ($HOME, etc) for nobody.

This will stop svn from looking in /root/.subversion for configuration
files, though it may not fix the problem you're having, because nobody
typically can't write to their home directory by default.

Regards,
Malcolm

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