Without using the authz, all the svn users can login and use the repos without issues. However, I would like to limit the access to some directories - not to be readable or writeable for all users.

svnserve --version => 1.6.6

I tried both, granting access to users and groups. I also tried it separate, only group or only user access.

[groups]
admingroup=i_can_access_anything
limitedgroup=i_am_limited
[/]
#*=
@admingroup=rw
i_can_access_anything=rw
[projectX]
#i also tried [repository:/projectX]
#*=
@limitedgroup=rw
i_am_limited=rw

Trying to access the / or /projectX at the svn fails. => access denied Without the authz, it works properly, but also grants access to other projects that do not belong to the "limited" user group :-/

Do you see what's wrong there?

Thx