Redmine svn repository - can't auth from remote - mysql

Question

Here's my setup:
Ubuntu Server 11.04
Apache 2.2.17
MySQL 5.1.54
RAILS_ENV=production /usr/share/redmine/script/about
About your application's environment
Ruby version 1.8.7 (i686-linux)
RubyGems version 1.3.7
Rack version 1.1
Rails version 2.3.11
Active Record version 2.3.11
Active Resource version 2.3.11
Action Mailer version 2.3.11
Active Support version 2.3.11
Edge Rails revision unknown
Application root /usr/share/redmine
Environment production
Database adapter mysql
Database schema version 20110511000000
/etc/apache2/sites-available/default
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /mnt/data/vortex/Dev/Web
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/apache_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/apache_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
/etc/apache2/sites-available/redmine
DocumentRoot /mnt/data/vortex/Dev/Web/redmine
PassengerDefaultUser www-data
RailsEnv production
RailsBaseURI /redmine
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/redmine_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/redmine_access.log combined
/etc/apache2/conf.d/redmine-svn.conf
PerlLoadModule Apache::Authn::Redmine
<Location /svn>
DAV svn
SVNParentPath "/mnt/data/svn"
AuthType Basic
AuthName Redmine
Require valid-user
PerlAccessHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::access_handler
PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::authen_handler
RedmineDSN "DBI:mysql:database=redmine_default;host=localhost"
RedmineDbUser "redmine"
RedmineDbPass "***"
</Location>
/etc/cron.d/redmine
*/10 * * * * root ruby /usr/share/redmine/extra/svn/reposman.rb --redmine localhost/redmine --svn-dir /mnt/data/svn --owner www-data --url file:///mnt/data/svn --key=***
Everything in Redmine is working fine, the repositories get created by reposman and can be browsed from their project page.
The problem arises when i try to access a svn repo via a remote pc.
If i type svn ls http://server-ip/svn/prj it shows me the repo content without asking for login.
With svn mkdir http://server-ip/svn/prj/dir instead it asks for password but as i enter it, I get prompted for login again. After the third try i get the following error:
svn: MKACTIVITY di '/svn/test1/!svn/act/25265483-dc10-4e3b-a7a5-a2e5bb84486f': authorization failed: Could not authenticate to server: rejected Basic challenge (http://192.168.1.201)
I can't figure out why authentication doesn't work.
I was expecting a login prompt also for the svn ls command.
I also checked the sessions on MySQL server and I can't see any for the user 'redmine' when i try to access the repository, so it seems Apache/Redmine don't even try to connect to MySQL for authentication.
I followed this guide to set up svn access.
Does someone knows how to fix my problem?
Thank you

Answer 1

I had the same issue. The problem is with the accounts that use LDAP authentication. If you create an internal account and add it to the project as a developer you will be able to commit.
To get Redmine, LDAP, and SVN to work you need to add "PerlLoadModule Authen::Simple::LDAP" to you apache configuration As mentioned here:
http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Repositories_access_control_with_apache_mod_dav_svn_and_mod_perl#optional-LDAP-Authentication
You should have better luck on Ubuntu but to get Authen::Simple::LDAP installed on OpenSUSE 11.3 inside our corperate firewall I had to:
get CPAN to FTP in passive mode http://www.netadmintools.com/art273.html
configure CPAN and install in the following order
cpan> install Module::Implementation
cpan> install Attribute::Handlers
cpan> install Params::Validate
cpan> install Authen::Simple
cpan> install Authen::Simple::LDAP
After this it still was not working so I started debugging. I installed tcpdump and figured out that it was not using the configured port to do the authentication. I modified Redmine.pm from a hostname to a URL and that fixed it
# open (LEELOG, ">>/tmp/leelog");
# print LEELOG "-----------\n";
# print LEELOG "$rowldap[0]\n";
# print LEELOG "$rowldap[1]\n";
# print LEELOG "$rowldap[2]\n";
# print LEELOG "$rowldap[3]\n";
# print LEELOG "$rowldap[4]\n";
# print LEELOG "$rowldap[5]\n";
# print LEELOG "$rowldap[6]\n";
my $ldap = Authen::Simple::LDAP->new(
host => ($rowldap[2] eq "1" || $rowldap[2] eq "t") ? "ldaps://$rowldap[0]:$rowldap[1]" : "ldap://$rowldap[0]:$rowldap[1]",
port => $rowldap[1],
basedn => $rowldap[5],
binddn => $rowldap[3] ? $rowldap[3] : "",
bindpw => $rowldap[4] ? $rowldap[4] : "",
filter => "(".$rowldap[6]."=%s)"
This page is helpful:
http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/2009/12/24/debugging-active-directory-ldap-authentication-in-redmine/

Answer 2

In my situation, I just unclick Settings-Information-Public and it works! Public projects don't need auth and I cannot commit.
I didn't use LDAP.