How to use SharpSVN in ASP.NET?

Question

Trying to use use SharpSVN in an ASP.NET app. So far, it's been nothing but trouble. First, I kept getting permission errors on "lock" files (that don't exist), even though NETWORK SERVICE has full permissions on the directories. Finally in frustration I just granted Everyone full control. Now I get a new error:

OPTIONS of 'https://server/svn/repo': authorization failed: Could not authenticate to server: rejected Basic challenge (https://server)

This happens whether I have the DefaultCredentials set below or not:

using (SvnClient client = new SvnClient())
{
    //client.Authentication.DefaultCredentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("user", "password");
    client.LoadConfiguration(@"C:\users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\Subversion");

    SvnUpdateResult result;
    client.Update(workingdir, out result);
}

Any clues? I wish there was SOME documentation with this library, as it seems so useful.

Answer 1

The user you need to grant permission is most likely the ASPNET user, as that's the user the ASP.NET code runs as by default.

Answer 2

ASPNET user is a local account, preferably youd'd want to run this code in an Impersonate block, using a network account set up for this specific reason