SubversionException: ("Can't open file '/home/svn/repos/format': Permission denied", 13)

[jefferson@…]

Python Traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 387, in dispatch_request
    dispatcher.dispatch(req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 191, in dispatch
    chosen_handler = self._pre_process_request(req, chosen_handler)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/web/main.py", line 263, in _pre_process_request
    chosen_handler = f.pre_process_request(req, chosen_handler)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/versioncontrol/api.py", line 73, in pre_process_request
    self.get_repository(req.authname) # triggers a sync if applicable
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/versioncontrol/api.py", line 101, in get_repository
    repos = self._connector.get_repository(rtype, rdir, authname)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/versioncontrol/svn_fs.py", line 259, in get_repository
    repos = SubversionRepository(dir, None, self.log)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/versioncontrol/svn_fs.py", line 292, in __init__
    self.repos = repos.svn_repos_open(self.path, self.pool())
SubversionException: ("Can't open file '/home/svn/repos/format': Permission denied", 13)

[Christian Boos]

("Can't open file '/home/svn/repos/format': Permission denied", 13)

Check that you (i.e. the user running the Trac server) have the right to read this and everything below /home/svn/repos.

In addition, if this Subversion repository is using the BDB backend (not recommended, see TracSubversion), you'll need the write right as well.

This is an installation issue, closing it.

[stephanecharette@…]

I have the same problem. Subversion runs as user bob, group bob, while Apache runs as www-data, user www-data. How do I go about fixing this? Do I chmod a+rw /var/svnrepos ? Not only does that feel like the wrong solution, but when subversion creates a new file, it wont create it with a+w permissions, so I'll continuously have to run chmod to ensure the permissions are maintained.

I'm assuming I've missed a step somewhere. Any help greatly appreciated!