SVN Import: "Error: Could not open the requested SVN filesystem"

Question

I try to import my old project to new SVN server (svn + web_dav+apache), but however I get some weird error while importing with tortoiseSVN.

Adding: C:\tmp\carpirate\test  
Adding: C:\tmp\carpirate\test\crawlerTestSuite  
Adding: C:\tmp\carpirate\test\crawlerTestSuite\TestP2p.java  
Adding: C:\tmp\carpirate\test\crawlerTestSuite\TestMessageHandler.java  
Adding: C:\tmp\carpirate\test\crawlerTestSuite\TestGui.java  
Adding: C:\tmp\carpirate\test\crawlerTestSuite\TestListener.java  
Adding: C:\tmp\carpirate\test\crawlerTestSuite\TestServerConnection.java  
Adding: C:\tmp\carpirate\test\crawlerTestSuite\TestCollectorMind.java  
Error: Could not open the requested SVN filesystem

I checked read/write permissions from repository (tried to set all to 777), but nothing works. Neither commit do the job.

Do you have any clues, what I'm missing?

Answer 1

If you are in a Plesk world..

Solution: Disable custom error docs for your domain. To do so, log in to Plesk, navigate to the domain and uncheck the "Custom error documents" box in hosting settings. Alternativ solution: Create a repo named error (or error_docs or whatever you find in the logs). see : http://pnpq.blogspot.com/2011/11/apache-svn-could-not-open-requested-svn.html?showComment=1324510115093#c5273051064616678938

Answer 2

We solved the problem, but the solution is a little bit messy and disappointing.

We moved repository parent to a path, with full read/write permissions for apache, authentication files were moved to apache configs, after all that it works.

I suspect it was matter to exclude plesk from webdav access.

Answer 3

Is this a problem of repo format (BDS Berkeley DB or FSFS)?

If so, see Subversion FAQ How do I convert my repository from using BDB to FSFS or from FSFS to BDB?