The following process will setup subversion so that users can checkout via webdav (e.g. svn co http://foo). The example assumes the user has root privileges via sudo on beaver.codehaus.org.

  1. Edit /usr/local/apache-2/conf/svn-dav.conf to include: 
    <Location /FOO>
  DAV svn
  SVNPath /home/projects/FOO/scm

  # how to authenticate a user
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "FOO Repo"
  AuthExternal svnrepos
  GroupExternal svnrepos

  # For any operations other than these, require an authenticated user.
  <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
    Require group FOO
  </LimitExcept>
</Location>
  2. Add the apache user to your project's unix group FOO
  3. Bounce the Apache server to reload its configuration. 
    sudo /usr/local/apache-2/bin/apachectl graceful