Apache: Unable to setup simple SVN users and access rights

Question

I have a SVN repository stored on an Apache server.

Authentification was done through SSPI, and I'm trying to move this to more basic stuff (having a local list of user/password).

My httpd.conf:

LoadModule sspi_auth_module modules/mod_auth_sspi.so LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so #LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so #LoadModule authn_alias_module modules/mod_authn_alias.so #LoadModule authn_anon_module modules/mod_authn_anon.so #LoadModule authn_dbd_module modules/mod_authn_dbd.so #LoadModule authn_dbm_module modules/mod_authn_dbm.so LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so #LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so #LoadModule authz_dbm_module modules/mod_authz_dbm.so LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so #LoadModule authz_owner_module modules/mod_authz_owner.so LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so ... <Location /svn_toto> DAV svn SVNParentPath D:\web_server\svn_repositories_test AuthzSVNAccessFile D:\web_server\svn_repositories_test\svnaccessfile.txt #Satisfy Any Require valid-user AuthType Basic AuthName "Subversion Repository toto" AuthUserFile D:\web_server\svn_repositories_test\users.txt SVNIndexXSLT "/svnindex.xsl" </Location> 

My users.txt:

[users] super = super jean = jean 

My svnaccessfile.txt:

[groups] admin = super [/] @admin = rw [cloisonnement:/] jean = rw super = rw [cloisonnement:/trunk] jean = rw super = rw 

Now, from a client machine, I try:

svn ls https://servername/svn_toto/cloisonnement/trunk --username super --password super 

And this fails and asks me password:

Authentication realm: <https://servername:443> Subversion Repository toto Username: super Password for 'super': ***** Authentication realm: <https://servername:443> Subversion Repository toto Username: super Password for 'super': ***** svn: E215004: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'https://servername/svn_toto/cloisonnement/trunk' svn: E215004: No more credentials or we tried too many times. Authentication failed 

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Main problem:

AuthUserFile for Basic Apache authentication must be not plain-text file in format user = password, but in special form, prepared by htpasswd.

Your current users.txt is usable only for svnserve-based repositories, svn:// protocol, not http(s)://. As result, Apache was not able to find user super (any user really) and authenticate it

Minor glitch:

Access-rights in AuthzSVNAccessFile are inherited from parent node to childs, thus: if you have

[/] @admin = rw 

you can do not clone this rule for single repository below root-node and for path inside noted repository