> No, I'm using ssh to a. create the repository, then b. launch svnserve > > I'm trying to connect using either svnX or TortoiseSVN (I like working on > multiple OS at the same time :) ) > > So, after I SSH'd in: > > I did svnadmin create svn - created the directory <server>/svn with all > of the appropriate directories, from the looks of it. The permissions on > the svn directory are rwxr-xr-x, which may be a problem? svnadmin and > svnserve have both been launched from the same account (the owner of the > svn directory). > > svnserve.conf was modified to uncomment the following lines: > > anon-access = read (actually I currently have this set to write to see if > it helped, but it didn't) > auth-access = write > password-db = passwd > authz-db = authz > > nothing else was modified/uncommented and the like. > > passwd was edited to add a line of the sort: > > <username> = <password> > > authz was modified to create a group including <username> and the > following line was added, as well: > > [repository: /svn] > > @<groupdefined earlier> = rw > > Then I launch svnserve -d > > Attempt to connect with svnX and get an Authentication Failed.
how? Are you using svn+ssh://bla.servername.com/reponame I think if you do that svnserve is spawned for you. ??? Have you read this part of the svn book http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html#svn.serverconfig.svnserve.sshauth ?? BOb
