I got this sorted out. Turns out i needed the DIGEST-MD5 plugin for sasl. Once I ran yum install cyrus sasl-md5, everything was right as rain.
Russ Ruslan Sivak wrote: > Hello List. > > I'm cross posting this from svn-users, as I'm not sure whether this is an > CentOS specific issue. Perhaps someone here has an idea of what's going on? > > ----------------------------- > > I got a fresh install of CentOS 5.2 x32, svnserve, version 1.5.5 > (r34862), here is my svnserve.conf file > > [general] > anon-access = none > auth-access = write > realm = isf > [sasl] > use-sasl = true > min-encryption = 128 > max-encryption = 256 > > > and here is my /etc/sasl2/svn.conf file > > pwcheck_method: auxprop > auxprop_plugin: sasldb > sasldb_path: /svn/sassl > mech_list: DIGEST-MD5 > > On the client I am using TortoiseSVN 1.5.5 > (TortoiseSVN 1.5.5, Build 14361 - 64 Bit , 2008/10/24 18:06:34 > Subversion 1.5.4, > apr 1.2.12 > apr-utils 1.2.12 > berkeley db 4.4.20 > neon 0.28.3 > OpenSSL 0.9.8i 15 Sep 2008 > zlib 1.2.3) > > When connecting to this repository, I am getting "Error: Could not > obtain the list of SASL mechanisms". > > I think I followed the instructions in the svn book : > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.serverconfig.svnserve.html#svn.serverconfig.svnserve.sasl, > > although the instructions are very sparse. I'm not quite sure hwo sasl > is supposed to know to use the svn.conf file to authenticate with > svnserve. > > I am running svnserve from xinetd. Here is my /etc/xinetd.d/svnserve.conf > # default: on > # Subversion server > > service svnserve > { > socket_type = stream > protocol = tcp > user = root > wait = no > disable = no > server = /usr/bin/svnserve > server_args = -i -r /svn > port = 3690 > } > > > Not quite sure why this isn't working. Does anyone have any ideas? > > Russ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos