Windows – How to configure SSL for subversion access in windows

I've had success with Sysinternals Process Explorer. With this, you can search to find what process(es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle(s) if you want. Of course, it is safer to close the whole process. Exercise caution and judgement.

To find a specific file, use the menu option Find->Find Handle or DLL... Type in part of the path to the file. The list of processes will appear below.

If you prefer command line, Sysinternals suite includes command line tool Handle, that lists open handles.

Examples

• c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "e:\" (finds all files opened from drive e:\"
• c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "file-or-path-in-question"

The issue is probably relating to the splitting of configuration between two location directives, but I'm not sure.

Rather than defining permissions in two places (apache config and the authz file), just define them in the authz file. Like so:

httpd.conf

<Location /svn>
  DAV svn
  SVNParentPath /var/lib/svn/repository

  Require valid-user
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Subversion Repository"
  AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd

  SVNPathAuthz on
  AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/svn.authz
</Location>

svn.authz

[groups]
sysadmins = joebloggs jimsmith mickmurphy

# By default, nobody has any permissions
[/]
* = 

# sysadmins get access to the sysadmin repository
[sysadmin:/]
@sysadmins = rw

You would need the appropriate users in the htpasswd file too, obviously.