cannot commit svn with dav on ubuntu
- by hiddenkirby
So there are several similar questions on serverfault ... but the solution is still eluding me.
I am running subversion on ubuntu 9.04 .. through apache2.2.x ....
i get
Commit failed (details follow):
Can't make directory '/home/kirb/svn/dav/activities.d': Permission denied
when i attempt to commit.
It is deffinitely a permissions issue... but how to fix it is still eluding me.
my repository is in /home/kirb/svn.
http://serverfault.com/questions/61573/svn-commit-error says to chgrp .. but i dont seem to be able to.
all the apache dav stuff seems to be working though. I can access my repository just fine through a browser.
apologies if i am missing something simple here.
Thanks in advance,
Kirb
additional edit: i am not able to sudo chgrp on the directory at all
sudo chgrp -R www-data /home/kirb/svn; chmod -R g+rwx /home/kirb/svn
[sudo] password for kirb:
chmod: changing permissions of/home/kirb/svn': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of /home/kirb/svn/format': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of/home/kirb/svn/conf': Operation not permitted
chmod: cannot read directory /home/kirb/svn/conf': Permission denied
chmod: changing permissions of/home/kirb/svn/locks': Operation not permitted
chmod: cannot read directory /home/kirb/svn/locks': Permission denied
chmod: changing permissions of/home/kirb/svn/db': Operation not permitted
chmod: cannot read directory /home/kirb/svn/db': Permission denied
chmod: changing permissions of/home/kirb/svn/README.txt': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of /home/kirb/svn/hooks': Operation not permitted
chmod: cannot read directory/home/kirb/svn/hooks': Permission denied`