Occasional svn: E170013: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'https://svn…' svn: E730054: Error running context

Question

I need help with svn errors E170013 and E730054:

When executing the command \"svn checkout...\" in command line, I get the error

svn: E170013: Unabl         


        

Answer 1

For me, svn was trying to connect via ipv6 and the remote server did not have a properly configured or ipv6-capable firewall. Similar chatter on the mailing list suggests editing your hosts file such that you only ever connect via ipv4 which worked for me :/

Answer 2

First of all, you have to check the server log. There have to be clues on the root cause.

Secondly, the problem has nothing to do with Subversion in particular. You have to check the network configuration and make sure that your Linux machine properly accepts connections on the required ports and IP interfaces.

Answer 3

I finally found the solution.

Instead of writing down the link https://svn..... in the svncheckout command, I used the numeric IP address (e.g. 192.168.73.39) of the server instead of its hostname and it worked.

I hope this helps someone.

Answer 4

Just turn on IPv6.

Although it is not being used in your machine but some how needed by subversion svn.

subversion was fine on my FreeBSD 12.1 machine. Thinking of making more robust, I turned off unused feature IPv6. After that all kinds of problem started to surface.

So, after that I reinstated IPv6, now everything works perfectly.

Answer 5

> sudo dnf install cyrus-sasl-md5

For me on Fedora, you need this package to get the password. Otherwise it just won't find the server repository.