Re: Authentication problems

[Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>]

[pretty please, keep this on the users@ list, don't just reply to me.]



On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 18:00, J. B. Rainsberger wrote:
> Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 14:50, J. B. Rainsberger wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Transmitting file data ...
> >>     The pipe has been ended.
> >>svn: Commit failed (details follow):
> >>svn: Can't write to connection: The pipe has been ended.
> > 
> > 
> > This error looks unfamiliar to me.  It looks like a problem with the ssh
> > connection, not the subversion client or server speaking over it.  It
> > could be a bug in putty/pageant, or some other piece of network
> > equipment getting in the way...?
> 
> Thanks. I'll look into that before I go any further.
> 
> In the meantime, I can't get svnserve authentication to work. :)
> 
> I have:
> 
> 1. Set up svnserve.conf on the server, in <repository>/conf
> 
> [general]
> auth-access=write
> anon-access=read
> 
> [users]
> password-db=passwd.txt
> realm=Diasparsoft Courses


Here's the problem.  There is only one section in svnserve.conf, and
that's [general].  It has a 'realm' and 'password-db' variable.  The
[users] section goes *in* the separate password database, and contains
the user definitions.




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