Can't connect to svnserve:Operation timed out

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3 points

> Hello!

> I get this error on my Windows XP box in my local network:
> "Can't connect to host 'svn://my.box.ip.address.'
> I'd like to get it running in xinet, but I could not get that going. If I check netstat, everything's fine
>
> # netstat -anp | grep LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3690 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 10127/svnserve
>
> and I can telnet in from the client; the port's open.
>
> C:\>telnet my.box.ip.address 3690

>
> So, I'm not sure where to go from here. Does it sound like there's something missing from a configuration file? If so, what? If not, is there something else I need to do?
>
> Thanks for your help,



3 points

I was missing --listen-host 0.0.0.0. The correct command line for running svnserve as a daemon is
svnserve -dT --listen-host 0.0.0.0 -r/path/to/repository

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Created by icyfreshy
5 points

Check if your svn server is running.

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Created by programmer

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