On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 02:07, Andy Canfield <andy.canfi...@pimco.mobi> wrote: > The file /var/svn/sample/README.txt says > This is a Subversion repository; use the 'svnadmin' tool to examine > it. Do not add, delete, or modify files here unless you know how > to avoid corrupting the repository. > but as far as I know there are no svnadmin tools to control access to the > repository; the only way to control access to the repository is to manually > edit the files in the 'conf' subdirectory, which the README.txt file tells > you not to do.
Your svnserve config file can be located anywhere svnserve has read permission on. Use the --config-file option to specify the full path. $REPOS/conf is merely the default location, and it's implied that a configuration should be editable as needed.