SVN Error 403 Forbidden

Question

I can’t figure it out. I am trying to import a new project into the svn repository from Netbeans and get 403 Forbidden. I just installed svn on my server. I can get to it through the browser just fine, although its empty since I haven't imported my project yet.

Apache path for html files - / var / www I install svn repo in / var / svn

This is the structure / var / svn

[ root@localhost svn]# ls -lR /var/svn /var/svn: total 4 drwxrwxrwx 7 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 10:18 repo /var/svn/repo: total 36 drwxrwxrwx 2 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 09:47 conf drwxrwxrwx 3 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 10:18 dav drwxrwsrwx 6 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 11:19 db -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2 2010-03-26 09:47 format drwxrwxrwx 2 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 09:47 hooks drwxrwxrwx 2 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 09:47 locks -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 229 2010-03-26 09:47 README.txt -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 15 2010-03-26 09:47 svnauth -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 43 2010-03-26 09:48 svnpass /var/svn/repo/conf: total 12 -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 1080 2010-03-26 09:47 authz -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 309 2010-03-26 09:47 passwd -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2279 2010-03-26 09:47 svnserve.conf /var/svn/repo/dav: total 4 drwxrwxrwx 2 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 11:19 activities.d /var/svn/repo/dav/activities.d: total 0 /var/svn/repo/db: total 48 -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2 2010-03-26 09:47 current -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 22 2010-03-26 09:47 format -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 1920 2010-03-26 09:47 fsfs.conf -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 5 2010-03-26 09:47 fs-type -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2 2010-03-26 09:47 min-unpacked-rev -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 09:47 rep-cache.db drwxrwsrwx 3 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 09:47 revprops drwxrwsrwx 3 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 09:47 revs drwxrwsrwx 2 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 11:19 transactions -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2 2010-03-26 11:19 txn-current -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 0 2010-03-26 09:47 txn-current-lock drwxrwsrwx 2 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 11:19 txn-protorevs -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 37 2010-03-26 09:47 uuid -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 0 2010-03-26 09:47 write-lock /var/svn/repo/db/revprops: total 4 drwxrwsrwx 2 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 09:47 0 /var/svn/repo/db/revprops/0: total 4 -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 50 2010-03-26 09:47 0 /var/svn/repo/db/revs: total 4 drwxrwsrwx 2 apache apache 4096 2010-03-26 09:47 0 /var/svn/repo/db/revs/0: total 4 -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 115 2010-03-26 09:47 0 /var/svn/repo/db/transactions: total 0 /var/svn/repo/db/txn-protorevs: total 0 /var/svn/repo/hooks: total 36 -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 1955 2010-03-26 09:47 post-commit.tmpl -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 1638 2010-03-26 09:47 post-lock.tmpl -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2267 2010-03-26 09:47 post-revprop-change.tmpl -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 1567 2010-03-26 09:47 post-unlock.tmpl -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 3404 2010-03-26 09:47 pre-commit.tmpl -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2410 2010-03-26 09:47 pre-lock.tmpl -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2764 2010-03-26 09:47 pre-revprop-change.tmpl -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2100 2010-03-26 09:47 pre-unlock.tmpl -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 2758 2010-03-26 09:47 start-commit.tmpl /var/svn/repo/locks: total 8 -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 139 2010-03-26 09:47 db.lock -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache 139 2010-03-26 09:47 db-logs.lock 

I have httpd.conf to download svn.conf which contains:

 <Location /svn> DAV on DAV svn #SVNParentPath /var/svn SVNPath /var/svn/repo Authtype Basic AuthName "Subversion" AuthUserFile /var/svn/repo/svnpass Require valid-user AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/svn/repo/svnauth </Location> 

Full error message:

 org.tigris.subversion.javahl.ClientException: RA layer request failed Server sent unexpected return value (403 Forbidden) in response to CHECKOUT request for '/svn/!svn/bln/0' 

/ var / svn / repo / svnauth:

 [ root@localhost /]# cat /var/svn/repo/svnauth [/] user = rw 

Sorry for the incredibly long post, but I thought more information would be better than less. I have been waiting for this problem for a long time.

Answer 1

I fixed it. I did not think about it, but mod_security stopped it.

I just had to add

 SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "^(PROPFIND|PROPPATCH)$" allow SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "^(REPORT|OPTIONS)$" allow SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "^(MKACTIVITY|CHECKOUT)$" allow SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "^(PUT|DELETE|MERGE)$" allow 

in modsecurity_crs_10_config.conf then reload httpd. Now everything is working well.

I hope this helps someone.