On May 12, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote: > Casey Heney wrote on Tue, 12 May 2020 17:23 -0700: >> Commit failed (details follow): >> Changing directory '/Users/casey/Documents/repo/trunk/docroot/new-dir' >> is forbidden by the server >> Access to >> '/!svn/wrk/cfa651e5-5850-4325-a441-1b5f8f37b3ea/trunk/docroot/new-dir' >> forbidden > > The error code wasn't printed, I see, but it's E195023. > >> Committing new or modified files works just fine. I can clone a >> directory with a new name and commit that. I can also commit deletes of >> directories. The problem is just with committing new directories. I >> have also tried logging in to the server via Terminal and committing >> new folders directly on the server filesystem itself, and that does in >> fact work, so I believe the issue is with apache. > > To be clear, did you run «svn mkdir file:///path/to/repo/foo/bar» or > «command mkdir /path/to/repo/foo/bar»? I think you meant the former, > but just to make sure. > > As you say, file:// doesn't use authz.
Confirmed yes. I should have said that file:// works as expected. >> In an attempt to reduce possible permission issues, I tried updating my >> authz file to the following: >> >> [/] >> * = rw > > Good call. Authz restrictions are indeed one possible cause of E195023. > > Did you confirm that you modified the correct authz file? Confirmed yes. I went as far as to use a bad path first to confirm a different fail, then switch back to the wide open authz file. > Another cause of E195023 is HTTP status 403 responses. Those might be > returned by some proxy, too. Might that be the unknown recent change? I will follow up with my networking guys to see if any of them fess up to making any unauthorized changes, though I suspect I will hear that nothing has changed there either. I appreciate the quick and thoughtful response nonetheless. >> Running up against this issue that I can’t find an answer to, I created >> an account here hoping someone might have some insight. Being new and >> not knowing how this list works exactly, I would appreciate being CC’d >> on any replies. Thanks for the help. > > HTH > > Daniel
