Using Ubuntu 10.04 with SVN+HTTP.

I setup a server recently using Ubuntu 10.04. LAMP was easy to configure, as was Subversion. Although making Subversion and Apache2 play nice together with DAV SVN was a nightmare. I followed the guide provided but the website location just kept reprompting for my login.

After hours of running in circles, I was able to find the solution. The Require valid-user directive in /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.conf required the Limit directive to be around it.

<Limit GET POST PUT DELETE CONNECT OPTIONS PATCH PROPFIND PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK>
   Require valid-user
</Limit>

The LimitExcept directive can also be used as long as the limitations are specified.