Subversion server setup

[simonC]

I've tried setting up a subversion server with pcbsd but I am having problems.

This is that I did:

-Install subversion via port (make install clean)
-Create group
-Change permissions
-Create repository
-Start server (manually using daemon option)

Up to this point every thing was ok. My problem is that I can not start the server when I re-boot the machine.

I modified rc.conf like this:

svnserve_enable="YES"
svnserve_flags="-d -r /repository --listen-host=0.0.0.0"
svnserve_data="/repository"
svnserve_group="svn"

I reboot and nothing, the server did not start

Then I modified inetd.conf to start via inetd (I did not modify back rc.conf)

# Subversion server
svn stream tcp nowait svn /usr/local/bin/svnserve svnserve -i


Can somebody help me to fix this problem? I don't know what else I can do.

Thanks

[antik]

Can somebody help me to fix this problem? I don't know what else I can do.

Thanks

You shoud read documentation about how to initialize subversion database first.

[simonC]

I figured out what was the problem.

The fine print is that when you set svnserve_flags="-d -r /repository ... you are setting up the "HOME" or "START position" of the repository within the server.

If you try to connect using the absolute path (i.e host/usr/local/repository/) it will not work since the home was set to be at ../repository level. The connection should be below the repository level (if you have more than one repository of course).

This one was for connection.

For server, I omitted svnserve_user="svn" due to I wanted multiple users, but the group and the user name should be the same. To add more people, you add in the group after the setup.

Thanks