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Kapil Vyas
Kapil Vyas

Reputation: 667

Failed to load the AuthzVisualSVNReposRelativeAccessFile: Can't open file 'VisualSVN-WinAuthz.ini': Access is denied

After migrating a repository from an older version of VisualSVN server to a newer version on a fresh machine I see this error message:

Failed to load the AuthzVisualSVNReposRelativeAccessFile: Can't open file 'C:\PATH_TO\VisualSVN-WinAuthz.ini': Access is denied

On SOF I have seen solutions to the following error message:

Failed to load the AuthzVisualSVNReposRelativeAccessFile: Can't open
 file 'C:\Repositories\MyRepo\conf\VisualSVN-WinAuthz.ini': The system
 cannot find the file specified. (OS 2)

Link: VisualSVN - set up repository and set access to use Basic Windows Authentication - login results in 403?

The solution to this question states that the VisualSVN-WinAuthz.ini file is missing.

In my case both files (VisualSVN-WinAuthz.ini VisualSVN-WinAuthz.ini) are present.

The above solution does not work for this error message.

What could cause the "Access is denied" error message?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 781

Answers (1)

bahrep
bahrep

Reputation: 30662

When you move VisualSVN Server from one computer to another you need to read the article KB166: Migrating VisualSVN Server to another computer.

This Access is denied error means that the VisualSVNServer service cannot access and read the VisualSVN-WinAuthz.ini file (per-repository authz file).

This means that the server's service account (it is Network Service, by default) does not have permissions to read this file, and the permissions have to be fixed. Read the article KB37: Permissions required to run VisualSVN Server.

When your VisualSVN Server runs under the default built-in Network Service account, you can follow these steps to configure permissions automatically:

  1. Start the VisualSVN Server Manager console.
  2. Navigate to Action | Properties | Storage.
  3. Uncheck and check back the Automatically adjust permissions option. Click Apply.

IMPORTANT: When you move VisualSVN Server from one computer to another, you have to install the same version that runs on the original server computer. Do not mix upgrade and migration tasks.

Upvotes: 1

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