Can't Write To Subversion Using Crowd.
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Symptoms
The following error(s) is reported, while writing to SVN repository;
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svn: attempt to write a readonly database
And,
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svn: OPTIONS of 'http://192.178.30.86/example': authorization failed: Could not authenticate to server:
rejected Basic challenge (http://192.178.30.86)
Cause
The Apache server doesn't have file permissions to read/write to the Subversion Database files (*.db).
Resolution
Change read/write permissions on the .db files, so that Apache can access them properly.
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