SVN Could not open the requested SVN filesystem

cpt · 07-11-2011, 04:53 PM

hello dear linuxquestions guys
first off, i don't dare to mention how much time i invested in solving this problem and yet haven't done so.

i installed svn 1.6.11 on my centOS 5.6 server and can't get it to run, i always get Could not open the requested SVN filesystem.
here are my infos:

the repository i created with svnadmin create yumyum resides in /var/www/svn/repos/. it's been chown'ed recursively and also chmod'ed several times.

Code:

drwxr-xr-x 6 apache apache 4096 Jul 12 01:32 yumyum

within my httpd.conf it looks like this:

Code:

LoadModule dav_svn_module       modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module     modules/mod_authz_svn.so

<Location /svn>
        DAV svn
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Subversion repository"
        AuthUserFile /var/www/svn/.svn-auth
        # AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/www/svn/.svn-policy
        Require valid-user
        SVNParentPath /var/www/svn/repos
        # SVNPath /var/www/svn/repos/yumyum
        SVNListParentPath on
</Location>

the http://SERVERADDR/svn works fine, lists all repositories. but http://SERVERADDR/svn/yumyum returns said Could not open the requested SVN filesystem (errcode 13).

i tail'ed the httpd error log output:

Code:

[Tue Jul 12 01:02:50 2011] [error] [client INSERTMYIPHERE] (20014)Internal error: Can't open file '/var/www/svn/repos/yumyum/format': Permission denied
[Tue Jul 12 01:02:50 2011] [error] [client INSERTMYIPHERE] Could not fetch resource information.  [500, #0]
[Tue Jul 12 01:02:50 2011] [error] [client INSERTMYIPHERE] Could not open the requested SVN filesystem  [500, #13]
[Tue Jul 12 01:02:50 2011] [error] [client INSERTMYIPHERE] Could not open the requested SVN filesystem  [500, #13]

so i checked the permissions within /var/www/svn/repos/yumyum:

Code:

drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 Jul 12 01:32 conf
drwxr-sr-x 6 apache apache 4096 Jul 12 01:32 db
-rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache    2 Jul 12 01:32 format
drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 Jul 12 01:32 hooks
drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 Jul 12 01:32 locks
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache  229 Jul 12 01:32 README.txt

also SELinux is disabled.

i hope someone can point me to where i could tame this svn. all answers are appreciated, thanks in advance.
cpt

Noway2 · 07-12-2011, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Can't open file '/var/www/svn/repos/yumyum/format': Permission denied

This is the problem. It looks like you have altered the permissions on your repository. Try creating a new repository and see if that works. The SVN book (free download) has good instructions on setting up SVN with Apache if you need a reference.

To provide you with an example of what the permissions should look like, here is my directory listing:

Code:

drwxrwsr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 2009-07-08 09:32 conf
drwxr-sr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 2009-07-08 09:40 dav
drwxrwsr-x 6 www-data www-data 4096 2011-03-14 16:13 db
-r--rwSr-- 1 www-data www-data    2 2009-07-08 09:32 format
drwxrwsr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 2009-07-08 09:32 hooks
drwxrwsr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 2009-07-08 09:32 locks
-rw-rwSr-- 1 www-data www-data  229 2009-07-08 09:32 README.txt

Notice the s and S, which are the GUID functions for set group ID. These cause the file to execute as owned by the group, not by the application or user performing the action. See this at section 6.2 for more information.

cpt · 07-12-2011, 05:06 PM

thanks noway2,
i'll hunt those hints down and will update my post with what i ended up doing on the basis of your suggestions.