Error in Subversion documentation page (8.04)

affects jaunty too.

Thanks Allan for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. I've added your changes to revision 204 in the Jaunty branch.

Glad to hear it Adam! Thanks for all the effort.

Cheers,
-Allan

> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 04:39:36 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 337215] Re: Error in Subversion documentation page (8.04)
>
> Thanks Allan for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu better.
> I've added your changes to revision 204 in the Jaunty branch.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-doc
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Adam Sommer (asommer)
> Status: Triaged => Fix Committed
>
> --
> Error in Subversion documentation page (8.04)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337215
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>
> Status in Ubuntu Documentation: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> In the Subversion documentation page here:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/subversion.html
>
> Under the heading:
>
> Access via WebDAV protocol (http://)
>
> There is the following text:
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Next, you must create the /etc/subversion/passwd file. This file contains user authentication details. To add an entry, i.e. to add a user, you can run the following command from a terminal prompt:
>
> sudo htpasswd -c /etc/subversion/passwd user_name
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The text is misleading. There are actually two steps required. The text should read something like this:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Next, you must create the /etc/subversion/passwd file that will contain user authentication details. To create a file issue the following command at a command prompt (which will create the file and add the first user):
>
> sudo htpasswd -c /etc/subversion/password user_name
>
> To add additional users omit the "-c" option as this option replaces the old file. Instead use this form:
>
> sudo htpasswd /etc/subversion/password user_name
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-docs - 9.04.4