Onward...
(Can anyone tell I don't know anything about WebDAV?)
OK, I went back to the smedev repo after Cactus suggested that should work. I installed using this simple command:
yum install --enablerepo=smedev --enablerepo=base smeserver-subversion
Then I used the cool Server Manager panel to create a new web share. I tested different settings. I finally set the security to Local, SSL Enabled, Force SSL. So far, easy.
Then I tried accessing the webshare, having never used WebDAV before. I used XP Pro SP2 in a VM for some preliminary testing. I also did preliminary testing with my Linux desktop (Gnome).
I tried a plain old IE browser...this must be a read-only method of accessing WebDAV shares? Too bad, but understandable. It seems to not always work correctly until after there have been some files posted...
I tried Adding a Network Place via My Network Places. This worked, but I could not write to the repository, only read. I did more research and testing and found that I needed "SVNAutoversioning on" in httpd.conf to be able to write to the webshare. Am I correct in assuming this needs to be configured via a custom template?
I also tried Map Network Drive with absolutely no success. XP didn't seem to think
https://server/share was a valid URL format. Or any variation I could think of...
Nautilus also needed the "SVNautoversioning on" to be able to write to the web share. Additionally, it seemed to have some mime-type issues (it didn't recognize the filetypes of the files on the webshare).
So, could anyone advise me how best to use this new WebDAV capability? Would it be difficult to add the "SVNAutoversioning on" as an option in the web panel? Or is this even the right thing to do? Is there a better way?
Thanks in advance,
G