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Trying to execute the command

svn log svn://[my server address]/path/to/repository

nets me the following:

svn: E170001: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'svn://[my server address]/path/to/repository'
svn: E170001: Could not create SASL context: generic failure

Some quick googling reveals a possible solution:

sudo port activate cyrus-sasl2 @2.1.23_3+kerberos

However, before I attempt this, I would like to know a couple things.

  1. What exactly is going on?
  2. What does this command do? How does it fix the problem?

EDIT: I am not using SASL, nor do I wish to. I don't actually have Cyrus SASL installed.

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  • You're on Ubuntu, does the port command actual exist there? I didn't see it on 12.10. Commented Dec 5, 2013 at 2:15
  • BTW, port is an OSX command for the ports package manager, so that isn't your issue here. Commented Dec 5, 2013 at 2:52

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I believe this is a known issue with these particular versions of the cyrus-sasl2 libraries. Try updating to a newer version of the libraries and/or downgrade to an older version if the latest does not resolve your issue.

I found the following issues that were raised regarding this issue in both a Fedora bug tracker as well as a Debian one.

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  • Does SVN run through cyrus-sasl2 regardless? Because I have SASL disabled on the server.... Commented Dec 5, 2013 at 18:26
  • @MirroredFate - read the SASL section of the manual. Your server is the one advertising this: svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.svnserve.html Commented Dec 5, 2013 at 18:29
  • It says to activate SASL you have to have the line use-sasl = true, which I have commented out.... The only security I have the server configured to use is the CRAM-MD5.... which is why I am so confused.... Commented Dec 5, 2013 at 18:49

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