tortoise svn checkout access forbidden and not prompting for login

Question

I have been using tortoise svn for a long time on this pc but it has suddenly stopped working.

I was performing svn checkout via tortoise and it returns the error:

Unable to connect to a repository at URL: <url>
Access to <path-to-repo> forbidden

Additionally:

• In tortoise SVN there is no authentication cached. I looked at Settings / saved data. Tortoise should have prompted for login but it does not.
• I can execute the exact same svn checkout from another machine and it works fine so it is not a permissions problem. I even copy/pasted the exact URL so the URL is exactly the same.
• I am able to checkout other svn server repos fine on the same pc with the same tortoisesvn client. I get a proper prompt from svn for login as required.
• I can use a browser on the same pc to open the svn url fine. The browser prompts for a login as required.
• I have already tried uninstalling/re-installing tortoisesvn and that has not fixed the problem.
• svn server version: 1.5.3
• httpd version: 2.2.10 running SSPIAuth module
• tortoisesvn client version: 1.9.3
• client OS: windows 2007 64-bit

Answer 1

I had the same problem. The issue for me was I did not have an open connection to the target repository. My ethernet cable had been disconnected and my machine was using WiFi instead of our company LAN. The forbidden error was not about credentials, but the connection.