>> Do not put your repository on a shared drive. Do not use file: >> protocol to access it. It is not designed to work in such way. Read >> the documentation (aka svnbook) and configure a proper server. > > This should be emphasized more. Although the OP said he wanted the > users to be able to create new repositories, it is really a bad > idea to be able to do this through mapped file access (aside from > that being a bad idea in general for multiuser use) because it also > means that anyone can delete or overwrite your entire history with > an inadvertent typo or mouse wiggle. > > Once the repository is created the users will be accessing it > either through svn:// or http:// and NOT with file:/// Although I > still want the users to be able to create repository using TSVN > because they are not familiar with Linux at all and also that they > won't have to wait for some admin person (let's say myself) to just > create a repository for them.
The simple answer is to match svn versions... use all 1.5.x or 1.6.x. I would suggest you upgrade you sever to 1.6.x. BOb