On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 02:59, Rajesh Saha <rajeshsaha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > No, it does. I have run this command on linux (RHEL4) on local path. It > creates. > > However, in this case, even if I mention the full path then also, it is > giving this error. Btw, the path is nfs mounted.
When you put a repository on an NFS mount, it must be configured properly for file locking. See http://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#nfs > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Curley, John <john.cur...@windriver.com> > wrote: >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rajesh Saha [mailto:rajeshsaha...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 10:46 PM >> To: users@subversion.apache.org >> Subject: Re: svnadmin create repo/path - Error >> >> Hi >> >> I was trying to create a repository with this command. >> >> svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs newrepo >> >> But, it is giving error as follows. >> >> svnadmin: Repository creation failed >> svnadmin: Creating db lock file >> svnadmin: Can't open file 'newrepo/locks/db.lock': Permission >> denied >> >> My SVN version is 1.5.6. >> The OS is Solaris 8 >> >> Anybody have any idea/resolution ? >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Rajesh >> >> ---------------------------- >> Hi, >> >> According to 'Version Control with Subversion', chapter 5, section >> 'Creating and Configuration Your Repository', the command should resemble: >> >> svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs /var/svn/repos >> >> Where you specify the path to your repository in place of >> "/var/svn/repos". It does not understand your current location. >> >> HTH, >> John > >
