svn checkout error E120107 while setting up SSL Tunnel and unable to connect to a repository

Question

I am trying to checkout SWEET source code via the command

svn co --username ****** --password ******** https://v-lagerlunda.ita.mdh.se:8443/svn/wcet/sweet/trunk/ SWEET

which is returning the error

svn: E120107: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'https://v-lagerlunda.ita.mdh.se:8443/svn/wcet/sweet/trunk' and svn: E120107: Error running context: The proxy server returned an error while setting up the SSL tunnel.

I have already edited /etc/subversion/servers and ~/.subversion/servers and added my proxy. svn is running fine when I give the command

svn co https://svn.eionet.europa.eu/repositories/Zope/trunk/RDFCalendar temp

This shows that my proxy is set correctly and svn works fine for https links. I think the problem might be related to the username and password given to me to grant read access to the SWEET source code.

Answer 1

1. Verify proxy settings of your Subversion client. Proxy settings are specified in servers file:

   • %APPDATA%\Subversion\servers on Windows,
   • /etc/subversion/servers on Linux.

2. Upgrade your Subversion client. This could be a bug in serf library, see Serf Issue 120: "Error with ssl tunnel over proxy with KeepAlive off and Basic authentication".