Fedora Users — F12/Subversion/httpd -- PROPFIND access denied

After upgrading to Fedora 12, I installed and tried to set up a Subversion repository with mixed success. I have worked out the bulk of the issues but one still has me stumped. Hopefully, someone on this list knows the answer or can point me to a URL that does.

The problem is that I cannot get Subversion to work with Apache 2.2. Every time that I try to checkout the repository, I receive a 403 Forbidden Access error. To make matters more frustrating, if I access the repository using local access (file:///...) the command works. It is only when I try to use HTTP/WebDAV access (http://localhost/svn/...) does the access problem occur.

Things that I have tried:

- SELinux enabled and disabled -- no difference.

- Various permissions and ownerships.
-- The repository and Subversion directories are currently owned by apache.apache.

- Various settings in my subversion.conf file for httpd.
-- When the <LimitExcept> section is commented out, the failure comes on the third
      "PROPFIND /svn/Home/sfbooks/trunk HTTP/1.1" request. The first two return 207
      while the third one returns 403. Using Wireshark, all three requests are identical
      barring numbers in the IP headers.
-- When the <LimitExcept> section is active, the failure comes on the very first request,
      "OPTIONS /svn/Home/sfbooks/trunk HTTP/1.1" request with a 403 response.
-- Both 403 responses contain the same reason: "You don't have permission to access
      /svn/Home/sfbooks/trunk\n on this server."

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Setup:

Root Subversion Directory:    /opt/Subversion
Repository Parent Directory: /opt/Subversion/repos
Password File:                          /opt/Subversion/users/passwords (created using htpasswd)
SVN Authz Config File:            /opt/Subversion/permissions/svnauthz.conf

Repository:                               Home (located at /opt/Subversion/repos/Home)
Project within Home Repo:     sfbooks/trunk

Content of passwords:
    steven:MD5PasswordHash

Content of svnauthz.conf
    [/]
    steven=rw

Content of conf.d/subversion.conf

LoadModule dav_svn_module     modules/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module   modules/mod_authz_svn.so

Alias /svn /opt/Subversion/repos

<Location /svn/>
     # mod_dav Commands
   DAV                  svn
   DavDepthInfinity     on

   # SVN Provider Commands
     SVNParentPath        /opt/Subversion/repos

     # authz_svn_module Commands
     AuthzSVNAccessFile   /opt/Subversion/permissions/svnauthz.conf

     <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
             # Authentication Commands
             AuthType             Basic
             AuthName             "Subversion Repository Login"
             AuthUserFile         /opt/Subversion/users/passwords
             Satisfy              Any
             Require              valid-user
     </LimitExcept>

     #   <Limit GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
     #        Order   Allow,Deny
     #        Allow   from All
     #   </Limit>

</Location>

Steven F. LeBrun

Quote: "Winter meant the coming of the lazy wind, which couldn't be bothered to blow around people and blew right through them instead."
-- Terry Pratchett, from "Wyrd Sisters"

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