Re: [viewvc-users] root_parents get errno 13, svn_roots don't display

On 06/28/2013 04:39 PM, Gary Beckmann wrote:
> viewvc 1.1.11 on Fedora 12 was functioning. That machine died and so I
> moved viewvc to a CentOS 6.4 system. The config file used svn_roots and
> cvs_roots, on the new system nothing displays. I tried using
> root_parents, and when I visit the site I get
> 
> An Exception Has Occurred
> Python Traceback
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/var/www/html/viewvc-1.1.20/lib/viewvc.py", line 4827, in main
>     request.run_viewvc()
>   File "/var/www/html/viewvc-1.1.20/lib/viewvc.py", line 402, in run_viewvc
>     self.view_func(self)
>   File "/var/www/html/viewvc-1.1.20/lib/viewvc.py", line 2176, in view_roots
>     expand_root_parents(request.cfg)
>   File "/var/www/html/viewvc-1.1.20/lib/viewvc.py", line 4700, in expand_root_parents
>     roots = vclib.svn.expand_root_parent(pp)
>   File "/var/www/html/viewvc-1.1.20/lib/vclib/svn/__init__.py", line 72, in expand_root_parent
>     subpaths = os.listdir(parent_path)
> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/www/html/svn'
> 
> 
> Note that /var/www/html/svn is a symbolic link to where the repository
> actually is: /yoke/repository/projects/subversion.
> 
> When I use "standalone.py" then everything functions as expected. The
> repository directories are have 777 permissions.
> 
> Other postings and the on-line FAQ say that I should "make sure
> permissions are correct" without any indication of which permissions are
> meant.

The error message is pretty clear about the directory on which read
permission is being denied ("/var/www/html/svn").  You've stated the
repository directories are all 777, but what about this parent directory?

Also, I don't use CentOS myself, but my understanding is that by default
Apache HTTP Server runs as a user called 'apache'.  My guess is that when
you invoked standalone.py, you were running it as your own userid.  So there
could be disparity in the permissions granted by the OS to those two
different users which would account for the different behaviors you see.

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C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]>
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