[SVN-2271] svnserve expose the path to the password file if it is not found

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: all
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.0
• Component/s: svnserve
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 12/Apr/05 19:18
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:34
• Resolved: 10/Mar/09 15:22

Description

$ mkdir -p $HOME/tmp/sec
$ cd $HOME/tmp/sec
$ svnadmin create repos
$ vim repos/conf/svnserve.conf
$ sed -i 's/# //g' repos/conf/svnserve.conf
$ sed -i 's/anon-access = read/anon-access = none/' repos/conf/svnserve.conf
$ rm -f repos/conf/passwd # needed with 1.2+ it creates a sample file
$ svnserve -d -r $PWD/repos 
$ svn ls svn://localhost/
subversion/libsvn_subr/config_file.c:396: (apr_err=125001)
svn: Can't find config file '/home/darix/tmp/sec/repos/conf/passwd'

$ svn --version
svn, version 1.3.0 (dev build)
   compiled Apr  9 2005, 18:47:08
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is related to #1051

http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2005-04/0906.shtml

Original issue reported by darix