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I'm trying to set up a Subversion server. It's on Fedora with SELinux enabled. I created a repository, and configured mod_dav_svn in Apache for remote access. svn ls works as expected - I get prompted for a password, and I see that there are no files in the repo. But when I try to svn import, I get an error. From the Apache error_log:

[Wed Jan 30 18:03:09 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] could not begin a transaction [500, #13] [Wed Jan 30 18:03:09 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Can't open file '/var/svn/testing/db/txn-current-lock': Permission denied [500, #13]

Apache should be able to read and write this file, so I have no idea what's wrong:

$ ls -Z /var/svn/testing/db/txn-current-lock -rw-rw-r--. apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 /var/svn/testing/db/txn-current-lock
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  • You did mention SELinux being enabled - did you check auditd's logs? Commented Jan 30, 2013 at 23:59
  • Thanks. I checked the logs, and it does look like SELinux is the culprit here. Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 0:16

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For the sake of completeness, as this was answered in a comment.

Check auditd's log, almost certainly in these situations SELinux is to blame, you mentioned it's enabled.

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  • You're right, it was SELinux. This fixed it: setsebool -P httpd_unified 1 Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 0:25

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