[SVN-4219] svn delete fails with "403 Forbidden" if root is not readable

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.x
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.x
• Component/s: libsvn_client
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Julian Foad
• Created: 15/Aug/12 20:52
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:30
• Resolved: 08/Mar/13 16:21

Description

In Subversion 1.7.x, when using RA-neon, 'svn delete URL' fails if authorization
is configured with no read access to the repository root.

Originally reported in an email to dev@ from Dmitry Pavlenko on 2012-06-18,
subject 'svn delete fails with "403 Forbidden" if root is not readable',
<http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2012-06/0314.shtml>, followed up on 2012-08-06
<http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2012-08/0040.shtml>.

Issue Links

• duplicates: SVN-4332 neon OPTIONS request on repository root causes authz access denied