SVN - Commit failed: Can't open file '/svn/repos/myrepository/trunk/format'

Question

I recently created a new repository on an SVN installation. When attempting to commit the code base for the first time, I am getting the error Commit failed: Can't open file '/svn/repos/myrepository/trunk/format' (Using SmartSVN). Here are some details about the installation:

Repo Config Dir:

/svn/repos/myrepository/

Repo Files Dirs:

/myrepository/trunk, /myrepository/branch, /myrepository/tags

I have ensure that both /svn and /myrepository have drwxrwx permissions and root:root ownership. Also I ensured the user = root in /etc/xinetd.d/svn.

Answer 1

try having drwxrwxrwx and then if it is working then it's a user permissions problem...

just do it using command

chmod -R 777 svn_path_here

For example I have drwxrwx but my owner of svn folder is my username.. that is not the root one...

If you want to change your svn owner.. you can do it like this:

chown -R myUsernameHere folderPathHere