Hello, I'm having an issue with our partially-public SVN repository.
The server is running SVN 1.6.11 (CentOS 6.4) with Apache and TLS. Our repository (let's call it "myrepo") allows public read access (* = r) to myrepo/trunk, but not to myrepo/ (the root). There is also a directory myrepo/trunk/secret to which only specific users have access to. Everything has been working as expected with SVN 1.6 and 1.7 clients: in particular, no username or password is requested when checking out myrepo/trunk. However, with SVN 1.8.0 and 1.8.1 clients, it is not possible to check out any directory without supplying the credentials of a user who has access to the repository root. svn co https://our.server.com/svn/myrepo/trunk -> Requires authentication with client 1.8.x but not with 1.6.x or 1.7.x svn list https://our.server.com/svn/myrepo/trunk -> Works even with 1.8.1 svn list https://our.server.com/svn/myrepo -> Requires auth, as expected The 1.8.x clients can successfully check out myrepo/trunk if a username and password are given, for a user with access to the repository root. I have so far been unable to reproduce this with a simplified test repository, so any hints as to where to look would be much appreciated. The following is the section of ssl_access_log produced by checking out myrepo/trunk using client 1.6.18 (OS X): xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "OPTIONS /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 479 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 718 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "OPTIONS /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:36:35 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479 And the following is the section of ssl_access_log produced by checking out myrepo/trunk using client 1.8.1 (TortoiseSVN on Windows 7): xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:05 -0700] "OPTIONS /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:05 -0700] "OPTIONS /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 97 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 781 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 276 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "OPTIONS /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "OPTIONS /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 97 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 341 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "OPTIONS /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 197 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "OPTIONS /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 200 97 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/trunk HTTP/1.1" 207 704 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/vcc/default HTTP/1.1" 207 420 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bln/123 HTTP/1.1" 207 479 xx.xx.xx.xx - - [16/Aug/2013:17:34:06 -0700] "PROPFIND /svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123 HTTP/1.1" 401 483 It appears that the 1.8.1 client requests /svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123, to which access is denied (401), whereas client 1.6.18 only ever requests /svn/myrepo/!svn/bc/123/trunk, to which access is granted. Thanks for any help, Mark
