svn doesn't want to ask for password

Question

My config:

root@/var/svn/skryb/conf# cat /etc/init.d/svnserve
[general]
anon-access = none
auth-access=read
auth-access=write
password-db = passwd
[sasl]

restarting svnserve to make sure it works:

# killall svnserve
# /etc/init.d/svnserve
# ps fax | grep svnserve
 1233 pts/2    S+     0:00                      \_ grep svnserve
 1231 ?        Ss     0:00 svnserve -d -r /var/svn/skryb/

checking out contents from windows pc:

C:\Temp\some>del *.*
C:\Temp\some\*.*, Продолжить [Y(да)/N(нет)]? y

C:\Temp\some>svn co svn://192.168.1.36
A    utils
A    utils\utils.ipr
A    utils\getContents
svn: E200015: Caught signal -- I hit ctr-break here

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I'm not sure about why it does not prompt, but here are some hints, what could be missing.

• When reading the SVN red book: Create a users file and realm, there is missing the entry realm = <your name>.

• You don't have mentioned the contents of your password-db file. Do you have created it, and does it have the structure:

  [users]
  <name> = <password>
  

• You should remove one the rules auth-access, I think the one with read, both rules does not make sense.

• I don't have experience with SASL, but the section: Authentication with SASL mentions at least the following contents:

  [sasl]
  use-sasl = true
  

• Have you checked that your password is not cached? There should be a local cache (in Windows normally located under %APPDATA%/Subversion/auth/), this has to be empty when you try to see the password.

When you have tried the hints, comment the result, so I can refine the answer further. I hope they help ...