Throwing Authorization Failed error while access through svn+ssh after enabling path-based authorization

Question

I have setup an SVN server on RHEL 7.2 machine with in-built RPM. After I have created a repository.

After the creation of the repository demorepo, I was successful in accessing the repository in one client through 'svn+ssh' protocol using 'root' user.

But later I enabled path-based authorization and configured the svnserve.conf, passwd and authz files of the repository as below:

svnserve.conf file

anon-access = none
auth-access = write
password-db = passwd
authz-db = authz

passwd file

rouser1 = pswd1
rouser2 = pswd2
rwuser1 = pswd3
rwuser2 = pswd4
spluser = pswd5

authz file

[groups]
readgrp = rouser1,rouser2,spluser
writegrp = rwuser1,rwuser2

[demorepo:/]
@readgrp = r
@writegrp = rw

[demorepo:/proj1]
spluser = rw

[demorepo:/proj2]
spluser =

Now, after the configuration of the above files, I am successful in accessing the repository through the "svn" protocol (not through the ssh tunnel) but I lost the access through the "svn+ssh" protocol.

So, is there any way to access the repository with the both the protocols simultaneously while path-based authorization is enabled? Or please let me know if I had done any mistake in my configuration?

Please reply with any solution urgently. If any one who went through this query could not understand please let me know. — Shashikanth Komandoor
Have you managed to use svn+ssh for any user other than root before switching on path based authorization? — Peter Brittain

Hani Hani · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-21T18:50:23

mostly it is path issue .

if you are using same path for svn and 'svn+ssh' then that the issue as ssh will take full path so if we assume /proj1 is located in

/home/user/project1

the svn+ssh path will be yoursite.com/home/user/project1

while the svn path is yoursite.com/project1

Throwing Authorization Failed error while access through svn+ssh after enabling path-based authorization

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