Subversion server anonymous user permissions

Question

Hi,
I've been trying to set up subversion as a server and host two repositories, but I'm having trouble allowing read-only access to anonymous users. Currently it will always ask for a valid user. I had this working some time in the past, but I can't figure out what I am doing wrong this time.
I wanted one repository (called "public") to be readable by any user, and all repositories require a valid user for write access.
I followed this guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Subversion_Setup  almost word-for-word, taking the Apache+SSL route.
My repositories are in /home/svn/repositories, and my /home/svn/.svn-policy-file has the following:
patmanpato = rw
[public:/]
* = r
And I've tried a few combinations on the ordering etc. of the above lines.
What I've added to my /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-ssl-conf file is:
# other stuff before this ...
<Location /svn>
DAV svn
SVNParentPath /home/svn/repositories
AuthzSVNAccessFile /home/svn/.svn-policy-file
AuthName "SVN Repositories"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/svn/.svn-auth-file
Satisfy Any
Require valid-user
</Location>
</VirtualHost>
#end of file
I'm not sure where else to look for my mistake, especially since it correctly accepts the credentials for patmanpato at least.
Any advice on where I could look next would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply,
It is the same question, but as it is not answered fully it doesn't really help me.
I will keep an eye on that discussion as well so thanks anyway.
What I really need is for all my users to be able to access any file created by any other user without having to constantly propagate permissions.
Thanks
Brad