http protocol appears to fail with svn client

["Gustave T. Stresen-Reuter" <te...@mac.com>]

Hi,

I'm a complete newbie with Subversion but have heard so many good  
things about it I thought this might be a good time to switch from CVS.  
However, while trying to set up a new repository and opening up access  
to it through WebDAV, I just can't seem to get it working.

svn import -m "Initial Import" . http://(domain name  
obfuscated)/svn/clevernet_web

returns the following error

svn: MKCOL of  
'/svn/clevernet_web/!svn/wrk/01d56aec-67fe-0310-9d91-e4b63d04b621/ 
vendors': 500 Internal Server Error (http://domain name obfuscated)

The Apache error log contains the following lines:

[Tue Aug 16 00:07:11 2005] [error] [client 192.168.1.33] The locks  
could not be queried for verification against a possible "If:" header.   
[500, #0]
[Tue Aug 16 00:07:11 2005] [error] [client 192.168.1.33] (2)No such  
file or directory: Path is not accessible.  [403, #405]

All permissions on the repository are set to the same user/group as  
apache.

I am able to import the project using the file:// protocol and can view  
its contents via a web browser but am unable to use the http://  
protocol with the svn client.

Here is the configuration in httpd.conf

     <Location /svn/clevernet_web>
         DAV svn
         SVNPath /var/www/svn/clevernet_web

         AuthType Basic
         AuthName "Subversion Repository"
         AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-file
         Require valid-user
     </Location>

I am able to authenticate via http without trouble (I set up the  
svn-auth-file using htpasswd and it works fine).

BTW, I had NO luck using the SVNParentPath (but then again, I don't  
really understand what it means, how it differs from SVNPath)

If there is any additional information you need to lend a hand, please  
let me know and I'll send what I can.

SVN version: svn, version 1.2.1 (r15230)
The following repository access (RA) modules are available:

* ra_dav : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV (DeltaV)  
protocol.
   - handles 'http' scheme
   - handles 'https' scheme
* ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network  
protocol.
   - handles 'svn' scheme
* ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk.
   - handles 'file' scheme

Apache version: 2.0.52

Thanks in advance and I HOPE I can get this up and running!

Ted Stresen-Reuter
http://www.tedmasterweb.com/


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Re: http protocol appears to fail with svn client

[Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>]

On 16.08.2005, at 02:23, Gustave T. Stresen-Reuter wrote:

> BTW, I had NO luck using the SVNParentPath (but then again, I don't  
> really understand what it means, how it differs from SVNPath)

That's an easy distinction. If you had created two repositories like  
this:

cd /path/to/repositories
svnadmin create foo
svnadmin create bar

Then you could set up Apache like this:

<Location /repositories/foo>
SVNPath /path/to/repositories/foo
</Location>
<Location /repositories/bar>
SVNPath /path/to/repositories/bar
</Location>

Or, more easily:

<Location /repositories>
SVNParentPath /path/to/repositories
</Location>

If you have a single repository, then you use SVNPath. If you have  
multiple repositories, and they're all supposed to be accessed in  
more or less the same way, then you should put them in a single  
filesystem directory and use SVNParentPath.



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