svn 1.5.4 server: some people cannot commit - auth error.

["Bicking, David (HHoldings, IT)" <Da...@thehartford.com>]

Hello,
 
We're installing svn 1.5.4 on a new server, migrating 1.4.6 repositories
into it, and accessing it via svnserve as a windows service.  I don't
know the version of Windows on that box, but it is either XP Pro or
Server 3000.

We've observed some odd behavior.  When I access the repositories, I
have no problem at all.  When the other two people tried access it, they
get authorization errors on commit, and they do have the same access as
I.  Have any of you observed similar behavior, and found the root cause?

The security is set up for authentication, with an authz file.  The
repositories referenced are set up for "* = rw".  I defined a single
authz file, referenced by all repositories, and this configuration works
without incident on our current "server"  (Win XP Pro desktop) and svn
1.4.6.
 
 
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David Bicking
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Re: svn 1.5.4 server: some people cannot commit - auth error.

[Purple Streak <mr...@googlemail.com>]

forgot to reply all.... (again)

2008/11/11 Bicking, David (HHoldings, IT) <Da...@thehartford.com>:
> I just learned that the answer to the problem, which has me scratching
> my head, is to change all the repository section headings in authz to
> lowercase.  I don't know why that did the trick.

What case are the names in the repository?  We had an issue with
authorization which came down to having a repository called Sandbox
which people would check out as sandbox or SandBox.  This is all
running on windows via apache so it would all work on checkout - but
on the commit it would only allow SandBox because that's what I'd put
in the authz file!

So note that the actual respository name was different case to the
authz file, but as long as you had checkedout using the authz casing
you could commit!

Perhaps the issue is that that the checkout should be really be
stopped if the case is wrong?

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RE: svn 1.5.4 server: some people cannot commit - auth error.

["Bicking, David (HHoldings, IT)" <Da...@thehartford.com>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Archer [mailto:Bob.Archer@amsi.com] 

>I'm not sure what "Server 3000" is... perhaps you are working 
>way in the future. Did you perhaps mean Win Server 2003?

Yes.  And I confirmed that it is installed on that version of Windows.

>
>If so, I haven't seen this. Have you verified that the account 
>which svnserve service is running as has full permissions to 
>the repository folder. Also, have you verified your 
>compatriots are using the svn:// protocol and NOT the file:/// 
>protocol?

File access is not allowed, this is svn://.

I just learned that the answer to the problem, which has me scratching
my head, is to change all the repository section headings in authz to
lowercase.  I don't know why that did the trick.

>BOb
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bicking, David (HHoldings, IT)
>[mailto:David.Bicking@thehartford.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:42 AM
>To: users@subversion.tigris.org
>Subject: svn 1.5.4 server: some people cannot commit - auth error.
>
>Hello,
> 
>We're installing svn 1.5.4 on a new server, migrating 1.4.6 
>repositories into it, and accessing it via svnserve as a 
>windows service.  I don't know the version of Windows on that 
>box, but it is either XP Pro or Server 3000.
>
>We've observed some odd behavior.  When I access the 
>repositories, I have no problem at all.  When the other two 
>people tried access it, they get authorization errors on 
>commit, and they do have the same access as I.  Have any of 
>you observed similar behavior, and found the root cause?
>
>The security is set up for authentication, with an authz file. 
> The repositories referenced are set up for "* = rw".  I 
>defined a single authz file, referenced by all repositories, 
>and this configuration works without incident on our current 
>"server"  (Win XP Pro desktop) and svn 1.4.6.
> 
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RE: svn 1.5.4 server: some people cannot commit - auth error.

[Bob Archer <Bo...@amsi.com>]

I'm not sure what "Server 3000" is... perhaps you are working way in the
future. Did you perhaps mean Win Server 2003?

If so, I haven't seen this. Have you verified that the account which
svnserve service is running as has full permissions to the repository
folder. Also, have you verified your compatriots are using the svn://
protocol and NOT the file:/// protocol?

The repository on the server should not be accessable as a share to
users in order to prevent them from using the file:/// protocol.

BOb


-----Original Message-----
From: Bicking, David (HHoldings, IT)
[mailto:David.Bicking@thehartford.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:42 AM
To: users@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: svn 1.5.4 server: some people cannot commit - auth error.

Hello,
 
We're installing svn 1.5.4 on a new server, migrating 1.4.6 repositories
into it, and accessing it via svnserve as a windows service.  I don't
know the version of Windows on that box, but it is either XP Pro or
Server 3000.

We've observed some odd behavior.  When I access the repositories, I
have no problem at all.  When the other two people tried access it, they
get authorization errors on commit, and they do have the same access as
I.  Have any of you observed similar behavior, and found the root cause?

The security is set up for authentication, with an authz file.  The
repositories referenced are set up for "* = rw".  I defined a single
authz file, referenced by all repositories, and this configuration works
without incident on our current "server"  (Win XP Pro desktop) and svn
1.4.6.
 
 
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David Bicking
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