TortoiseSVN and Putty problems

Question

Hi - here is the situation:

successfully installed svnserver on a NAS drive accessible by LAN using this tutorial:

http://forum.synology.com/wiki/index.php/Step-by-step%5Fguide%5Fto%5Finstalling%5FSubversion%5Fon%5FARM-based%5FSynology%5FProducts

The svn base directory is called svn, and the repo (dummy-name: repo_name) is inside svn.

I've edited the svnserver.conf and passwd files - and created a user as described in "Set Repository Permissions" (I've set anon-write for the sake of testing). From my workstation I try and check out the repo I've created on the NAS, using this format:

svn+ssh://IP_ADDRESS/svn/repo_name

The client attempts to connect, requests a password but fails to establish a connection.

I currently have a couple of hypotheses:

1: Tortoise is having to log in to the NAS itself first 2: I shouldn't be using an IP Address - should I use the drive letter it's mapped to, or the network name of the device? 3: TSVN needs to be configured in some way.

Tortoise is set to use TortoisePlink - when I try and assign Putty to it, it complains about the port (although I can connect and administer using Putty outside of TSVN).

Any ideas?

Answer 1

The step by step instructions you link to are for making the repository accessible with a svn:// URL, but you are trying to connect with a ssh+svn:// URL.

When connecting with a svn:// URL, you need to log in with the username and password configured in the passwd file, i.e. the file referenced in svnserve.conf as the password-db.

When connecting with a ssh+svn// URL, you need to log in with the same username and password as for a SSH session, i.e. the one you configured in the terminal services of the product you are using.

See the section in the SVN book on svnserve SSH authentication to understand how ssh+svn:// works. But unless you are planning on making the repository reachable from the outside world over the internet, I doubt you need ssh here.