title: SVN on Apache failing (errcode="13") Could not open the request SVN filesystem
body: <p>I have the same symptoms as <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/2253503/684934">Error number 13 - Remote access svn with dav_svn failing</a>.  However, the solution to that problem does not work for me.</p>
  
  <p>The error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;D:error xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:m="http://apache.org/dav/xmlns" xmlns:C="svn:"&gt;
  &lt;C:error/&gt;
  &lt;m:human-readable errcode="13"&gt;Could not open the requested SVN filesystem&lt;/m:human-readable&gt;
  &lt;/D:error&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The relevant apache log entry:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>(20014)Internal error: Can't open file '/svn/testrepo/format': Permission denied</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The subversion conf file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;Location /svn&gt;
     DAV svn
     SVNPath /svn/testrepo
  &lt;/Location&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I've further confirmed that user <code>apache</code> can, indeed, open the file <code>/svn/testrepo/format</code>, and can not only open it, but move it, duplicate it, delete it, and overwrite it.  (su apache -> do all that stuff.)  What can I do next?
  <br /><br /><br /></p>
  
  <p><strong><em>=========== FURTHER INFORMATION ===========</em></strong></p>
  
  <p>In response to crazyjul, here are the results of <code>ps aux | grep apache</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>apache   14019  0.0  0.2  11248  2112 ?        S    16:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
  apache   14020  0.0  0.2  11248  2112 ?        S    16:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
  apache   14021  0.0  0.2  11248  2112 ?        S    16:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
  apache   14022  0.0  0.2  11248  2112 ?        S    16:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
  apache   14023  0.0  0.2  11248  2112 ?        S    16:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
  apache   14024  0.0  0.2  11248  2112 ?        S    16:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
  apache   14025  0.0  0.2  11248  2112 ?        S    16:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
  apache   14026  0.0  0.2  11248  2112 ?        S    16:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
  root     14032  0.0  0.0   5412   772 pts/4    R+   16:41   0:00 grep apache
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The results of <code>ps aux | grep www</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>root     14034  0.0  0.0   5412   772 pts/4    S+   16:42   0:00 grep www
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The results of <code>ls -as</code> on my repo folder:</p>
  
  <pre><code>drwxrwxrwx 7 apache apache 4096 2011-10-07 16:13 .
  drwxr-xr-x 7 apache apache 4096 2011-10-07 14:04 ..
  -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache  229 2011-10-07 13:50 README.txt
  drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 2011-10-07 15:50 conf
  drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 2011-10-07 13:50 dav
  drwxr-sr-x 5 apache apache 4096 2011-10-07 14:25 db
  -rwxrwxrwx 1 apache apache    2 2011-10-07 13:50 format
  drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 2011-10-07 13:50 hooks
  drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 2011-10-07 13:50 locks
  </code></pre>