Gentoo at Home ************** See: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Apache2_with_subversion_SVN_and_DAV :: chown apache:apache /var/svn/ -R groupadd svnusers usermod -G apache,svnusers apache chgrp svnusers /var/svn/ -R chmod g+w /var/svn/ -R htpasswd2 -c /var/svn/conf/svnusers patrick Then followed instructions in: http://gentoo-wiki.com/Apache_Modules_mod_ssl Then the following works!! https://localhost/svn/