Rails - Mar 2006 - Subversion problem - since you guys talked me into it :)

Following the advice here I''ve been trying to get subversion installed
and working from my virtual dedicated server this weekend.  I believe
everything is installed properly, and that all that''s left is to get
the
apache httpd.conf file set up correctly.

to talk to my server with my client I''m using the path:
http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com/svn/repos/

error returned by the client is this:
subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:826: (apr_err=175002)
svn: PROPFIND request failed on ''/svn/repos''
subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:296: (apr_err=175002)
svn: PROPFIND of ''/svn/repos'': Could not resolve hostname
`svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com'': No address associated with
nodename (http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com)

I have several other domains active on this server, so I''m using the
"named Virtual Host" aspect of apache
Here''s the relevant part of my .conf file:

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName www.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com
   ServerAlias mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com
   DocumentRoot "/home/corner/www/html"
   UserDir "/home/corner/www/html"
   <Directory "/home/corner/www/html">
	allow from all
	Options +Indexes
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog /home/corner/logs/errors.txt
    LogLevel notice
    TransferLog /home/corner/logs/access.txt
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com
    <Location /svn>
        DAV svn
        SVNParentPath /home/svnadmin/svn
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Subversion repository"
        AuthUserFile /home/svnadmin/svn-auth-file
        Require valid-user
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.yadda yadda yadda.net
...
and so on for three other domains
...
</VirtualHost>

I''ve tried it about a million ways by now and always get the same
error.
Any help would be much appreciated.
thanks,
jp

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On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 02:28 +0100, Jeff Pritchard wrote:
> Following the advice here I''ve been trying to get subversion
installed
> and working from my virtual dedicated server this weekend.  I believe
> everything is installed properly, and that all that''s left is to
get the
> apache httpd.conf file set up correctly.
> 
> to talk to my server with my client I''m using the path:
> http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com/svn/repos/
> 
> error returned by the client is this:
> subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:826: (apr_err=175002)
> svn: PROPFIND request failed on ''/svn/repos''
> subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:296: (apr_err=175002)
> svn: PROPFIND of ''/svn/repos'': Could not resolve hostname
> `svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com'': No address associated with
> nodename (http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com)
> 
> I have several other domains active on this server, so I''m using
the
> "named Virtual Host" aspect of apache
> Here''s the relevant part of my .conf file:
> 
> NameVirtualHost *:80
> 
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>    ServerName www.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com
>    ServerAlias mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com
>    DocumentRoot "/home/corner/www/html"
>    UserDir "/home/corner/www/html"
>    <Directory "/home/corner/www/html">
> 	allow from all
> 	Options +Indexes
>     </Directory>
>     ErrorLog /home/corner/logs/errors.txt
>     LogLevel notice
>     TransferLog /home/corner/logs/access.txt
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>     ServerName svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com
>     <Location /svn>
>         DAV svn
>         SVNParentPath /home/svnadmin/svn
>         AuthType Basic
>         AuthName "Subversion repository"
>         AuthUserFile /home/svnadmin/svn-auth-file
>         Require valid-user
>     </Location>
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> 
> <VirtualHost *:80>
> ServerName www.yadda yadda yadda.net
> ...
> and so on for three other domains
> ...
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> I''ve tried it about a million ways by now and always get the same
error.
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> thanks,
----
I am very much a beginner at svn but I am quite sure that you don''t
want
your repository to be your actual live website.

you want your repository in some other directory, somewhere other than
in the live html documents tree.

Francois made a great little tutorial and it got me up and running in
less than a day and I have never used or set up svn before.
http://blog.teksol.info/articles/2006/03/09/subversion-primer-for-rails-projects

your live web site(s) would be a ''checkout'' point just like
your
workstation except that you would generally just ''svn update''
your live
website.

anyway... http:/relative/path/to/svn connections are for remote hosts
and local files are accessed via file:///path/to/svn

the configuration of apache has nothing really to do with the
configuration of svn repository.

Craig

Jeff Pritchard wrote:
> Following the advice here I''ve been trying to get subversion
installed
> and working from my virtual dedicated server this weekend.  I believe
> everything is installed properly, and that all that''s left is to
get the
> apache httpd.conf file set up correctly.
> 
> to talk to my server with my client I''m using the path:
> http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com/svn/repos/
> 
> error returned by the client is this:
> subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:826: (apr_err=175002)
> svn: PROPFIND request failed on ''/svn/repos''
> subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:296: (apr_err=175002)
> svn: PROPFIND of ''/svn/repos'': Could not resolve hostname
> `svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com'': No address associated with
> nodename (http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com)
There is no DNS entry for svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com.

Talk to your ISP, or whoever controls your DNS.

Ray

Craig, thanks, but I''m doing it a little bit different so I can get at 
my repository from several different machines and so I can allow others 
access to parts of my repository for collaboration.  My svn server IS on 
my virtual hosting machine at my ISP.  From there I''ll be able to get
at
it from anywhere, and it will be backed up nightly by the isp.

So I''m still looking for help with this.

thanks,
jp

Craig White wrote:
> 
> your live web site(s) would be a ''checkout'' point just
like your
> workstation except that you would generally just ''svn
update'' your live
> website.
> 
> anyway... http:/relative/path/to/svn connections are for remote hosts
> and local files are accessed via file:///path/to/svn
> 
> the configuration of apache has nothing really to do with the
> configuration of svn repository.
> 
> Craig

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Thanks Ray,
Somehow I was thinking that the subdomains were all handled locally.  I 
went to my DNS setup control panel and I see that I have it set up for 
domain.com and www.domain.com, so I added svn.domain.com per your 
suggestion.  I guess now I''ll have to wait for it to get passed around 
to the other name servers before I''ll see an effect.

Hope this fixes it.

thanks,
jp


Ray Baxter wrote:
> Jeff Pritchard wrote:
>> svn: PROPFIND request failed on ''/svn/repos''
>> subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:296: (apr_err=175002)
>> svn: PROPFIND of ''/svn/repos'': Could not resolve
hostname
>> `svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com'': No address associated
with
>> nodename (http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com)
> 
> There is no DNS entry for svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com.
> 
> Talk to your ISP, or whoever controls your DNS.
> 
> Ray

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Well, Ray''s suggestion got me one step closer.

Now the authorization is failing.

I double checked the location of my authorization file against that line 
in the "location" block, and it agrees.  I also looked inside the file
and see the two users I expected in there.

Any likely reasons for this failure?
svn: PROPFIND request failed on ''/svn/repos''
subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:296: (apr_err=170001)
svn: PROPFIND of ''/svn/repos'': authorization failed 
(http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com)


Anybody know how the scoping works on this authorization?  My location 
block looks like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com
    <Location /svn>
        DAV svn
        SVNParentPath /home/svnadmin/svn
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Subversion repository"
        AuthUserFile /home/svnadmin/svn-auth-file
        Require valid-user
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>

and I was thinking that this would provide authorization for any 
repositories that are in that ...svnadmin/svn directory  (in this case, 
"repos").  Do I perhaps need a location block that specifies a
specific
repository instead?

Any ideas?

thanks,
jp

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Jeff Pritchard wrote:
> Well, Ray''s suggestion got me one step closer.
> 
> Now the authorization is failing.
> 
> I double checked the location of my authorization file against that line 
> in the "location" block, and it agrees.  I also looked inside the
file
> and see the two users I expected in there.
> 
> Any likely reasons for this failure?
> svn: PROPFIND request failed on ''/svn/repos''
> subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:296: (apr_err=170001)
> svn: PROPFIND of ''/svn/repos'': authorization failed 
> (http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com)

Check this through your web browser. Go to http://svn.mlcoti.com/svn and 
try to authenticate yourself there.

If that works, check your svn configuration/url. If that doesn''t work 
(my guess) you''ll need to fix your password file.

Ray

Thanks Ray.  Tried that.  Doesn''t work through the browser either. 
Tried creating a new test user with htpasswd with no options.  Still no 
joy even through the web browser.

Any ideas how to "fix" my password file?

thanks,
jp


Ray Baxter wrote:
> Jeff Pritchard wrote:
>> subversion/libsvn_ra_dav/util.c:296: (apr_err=170001)
>> svn: PROPFIND of ''/svn/repos'': authorization failed 
>> (http://svn.mylittlecorneroftheinternet.com)
> 
> 
> Check this through your web browser. Go to http://svn.mlcoti.com/svn and
> try to authenticate yourself there.
> 
> If that works, check your svn configuration/url. If that doesn''t
work
> (my guess) you''ll need to fix your password file.
> 
> Ray

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One step closer.  The tech support at Rimu Hosting (great guys!) helped 
me figure out that we needed to change ownership and permissions on some 
of the password files/directories and add apache to the svnadmin group.

Long story short, I can break into my repository now, but when I try to 
do anything (like create a new directory in the repos) I get "permission 
denied" error.

Next thing to sort out.

thanks,
jp

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Jeff Pritchard wrote:
> Thanks Ray.  Tried that.  Doesn''t work through the browser either.
> Tried creating a new test user with htpasswd with no options.  Still no 
> joy even through the web browser.
> 
> Any ideas how to "fix" my password file?
Make sure that you upload the file in text, and that the last line of 
the file is empty.

Make sure that the htpasswd file is readable by your web server.

What does you web server error log say?

Ray