> I just created a new repository, and loaded it with some > initial files. However when I go to checkout from my > repository I get the > following: > > $ svn checkout svn+ssh://jlcon...@myserver.com/path/to/repos/Repo CP > Password: > svn: Can't open file '/path/to/repos/Repo/format': Permission denied > > I can log via ssh to check on the permissions of format and > this is what they are: > > $ ls -lh > total 9.5K > -rw-rw-r-- 1 jlconlin jlconlin 229 Mar 11 06:55 README.txt > drwxrwxr-x 2 jlconlin jlconlin 5 Mar 11 06:55 conf > drwxrwxr-x 2 jlconlin jlconlin 2 Mar 11 06:55 dav > drwxrwsr-x 5 jlconlin jlconlin 10 Mar 11 06:56 db > -rw-rw-r-- 1 jlconlin jlconlin 2 Mar 11 06:55 format > drwxrwxr-x 2 jlconlin jlconlin 11 Mar 11 06:55 hooks > drwxrwxr-x 2 jlconlin jlconlin 4 Mar 11 06:55 locks > > > It seems clear to me that I have both read and write > permissions for the 'format' file. When I log in, I can view > the file and see that the format says '5'. > > Does anyone know what is going wrong here?
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