Hi *, I have an really interesting case here, which looks to me like an bug.
The behavior started after the upgrade of our SVN server from 1.6.16 to 1.7.1. We use a windows server (SVNSERVE) here, I haven't tested this on Apache. The scenario: We have a source code tree, which lives let's say under /trunk/testApp In the SVN root, we have some more folders, such as /branches We also have a build server, who checks the source out into his local WC. After the successful build, the build server sets an tag under /tags/buildserver/testApp Which he does by means of svn copy (I can provide the exact command, if neceassary). This works, if I configure the access control file like this: [/tags] Buildserver = rw * = r [/trunk] Buildserver = rw * = r [/] Buildserver = rw * = r It does no longer work (the svn copy command fails with "access denied") when I add /branches to the access configuration: [/tags] Buildserver = rw * = r [/trunk] Buildserver = rw * = r [/branches] * = r [/] Buildserver = rw * = r It starts to work again, if I give the buildserver explicit write access to [/branches]. ==> Please note, that /branches is not affected by the copy, neither as source, nor as the target. ==> This looks like a clear bug to me. Again, I were not able to found any documentation about such changes in the access control logic. Is there some documentation around about these new "features" of svn 1.7? JensG