Re: [viewvc-users] Using viewvc with remote Subversion

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Yes, I explicitly set it to be httpd's home directory
(/usr/share/httpd/.subversion).


On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 7:54 AM, C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 06/08/2016 06:03 PM, Michael Schwager wrote:
>
> I get a ViewVC page up and can see the "svnrepos" link, but when I click
> on it I get
>
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libsvn/ra.py", line 533, in svn_ra_open
>     return _ra.svn_ra_open(*args)
> SubversionException: 170001 - Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'http://subversion/svn/repos3/configuration/trunk/it/rancid/ch1'
> 170001 - OPTIONS of 'http://subversion/svn/repos3/configuration/trunk/it/rancid/ch1': authorization failed: Could not authenticate to server: rejected Basic challenge (http://subversion)
>
>
> ...but I'm sure apache can run svn commands because if I change its shell
> in /etc/passwd from /sbin/nologin to /bin/bash and try some svn commands
> such as svn log
> http://subversion/svn/repos3/configuration/trunk/it/rancid/ch1    it
> works without requiring any credentials. This is because I copied the
> .subversion directory from the "rancid" user, which is authorized to my
> svn. I changed ownership of the entire .subversion heirarchy to the apache
> user.
>
> Is there something I missed?
>
>
> Did you set the svn_config_dir option to point to that .subversion
> directory?  By default, Subversion assumes that the configuration directory
> lives in $HOME/.subversion, but maybe something about your configuration is
> causing that calculation to go awry.
>



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-Mike Schwager

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Yes, I explicitly set it to be httpd&#39;s home directory =
(/usr/share/httpd/.subversion).<div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_ext=
ra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 7:54 AM, C. Micha=
el Pilato <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" targ=
et=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;pad=
ding-left:1ex">
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  <div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000"><span class=3D"">
    On 06/08/2016 06:03 PM, Michael Schwager wrote:<br>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite">
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      <div dir=3D"ltr">I get a ViewVC page up and can see the &quot;svnrepo=
s&quot;
        link, but when I click on it I get
        <div>
          <div>
            <pre style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">File &quot;/usr/lib64/python2.7=
/site-packages/libsvn/ra.py&quot;, line 533, in svn_ra_open
    return _ra.svn_ra_open(*args)
SubversionException: 170001 - Unable to connect to a repository at URL &#39=
;<a href=3D"http://subversion/svn/repos3/configuration/trunk/it/rancid/ch1"=
 target=3D"_blank">http://subversion/svn/repos3/configuration/trunk/it/ranc=
id/ch1</a>&#39;
170001 - OPTIONS of &#39;<a href=3D"http://subversion/svn/repos3/configurat=
ion/trunk/it/rancid/ch1" target=3D"_blank">http://subversion/svn/repos3/con=
figuration/trunk/it/rancid/ch1</a>&#39;: authorization failed: Could not au=
thenticate to server: rejected Basic challenge (<a href=3D"http://subversio=
n" target=3D"_blank">http://subversion</a>)
</pre>
          </div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>...but I&#39;m sure apache can run svn commands because if I
            change its shell in /etc/passwd from /sbin/nologin to
            /bin/bash and try some svn commands such as svn log=C2=A0<span =
style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href=3D"http://subversion/svn/repos3/configur=
ation/trunk/it/rancid/ch1" target=3D"_blank">http://subversion/svn/repos3/c=
onfiguration/trunk/it/rancid/ch1</a>
              =C2=A0 =C2=A0it works without requiring any credentials. This=
 is
              because I copied the .subversion directory from the
              &quot;rancid&quot; user, which is authorized to my svn. I cha=
nged
              ownership of the entire .subversion heirarchy to the
              apache user.</span></div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Is there something I missed?</div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    <br></span>
    Did you set the svn_config_dir option to point to that .subversion
    directory?=C2=A0 By default, Subversion assumes that the configuration
    directory lives in $HOME/.subversion, but maybe something about your
    configuration is causing that calculation to go awry.<br>
  </div>

</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class=
=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">-Mike Schwager</div=
>
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