Create new SVN Repository

  Login into host.domain.org with root user credentials

1. cd  /export/repositories/
2. create new repository using the command "svnadmin create "
3. cd  /etc/svn-auth/
4. create authentication file for repository with first user using the command "htpasswd –cm svn-auth-file- "
5. Enter the password for the username
6. cd  /etc/httpd/svn/
7. Create the apache .conf file for the repository in the /etc/httpd/svn/ folder with the following contents
   
   Server Name host.domain.org
   
   DAV svn
   SVNPath /export/repositories/
   AuthType Basic
   AuthName " Repository –host.domain.org "
   AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth/svn-auth-file-<repo name>
   Require valid-user
   
   
8. Restart the apache server using the command "/etc/init.d/httpd restart"

User management in the repository

1. Login into the host.domain.org server using the root credentials.
2. Goto the repository auth file folder using the command " cd /etc/svn-auth/"
3. To create new user "htpasswd –m svn-auth-file- " and then give the password.
4. To delete the user use the following command "htpasswd –D svn-auth-file- ''username"
5. To change the user's password, use the following command "htpasswd –m svn-auth-file- " and then give the new password.
6. To view the users in the SVN account,use the following command ''more svn-auth-file-reponame”