I can confirm the same problem on Ubuntu 12.10 with Apache installed using all the default options
sudo serve-branches file:///location/ --allow-writes #works without correct permissions being set
sudo serve-branches file:///location/ #works, as long as permissions are set accordingly.
sudo serve-branches /location does work only with --allow-writes #worked when tested with correct permissions
at this point in time, configuration through the Apache proxy, and via the pre-defined service has been problematic, and is currently not starting, most of the tutorials do not take into account that the service is pre-installed and running already following the use of apt-get.
Following attempts to configure for Apache my service from init.d will not start, and I am now trying to debug the problem and hopefully make some edits to the pre-configured script and setup.
I can confirm the same problem on Ubuntu 12.10 with Apache installed using all the default options
sudo serve-branches file:///location/ --allow-writes #works without correct permissions being set
sudo serve-branches file:///location/ #works, as long as permissions are set accordingly.
sudo serve-branches /location does work only with --allow-writes #worked when tested with correct permissions
at this point in time, configuration through the Apache proxy, and via the pre-defined service has been problematic, and is currently not starting, most of the tutorials do not take into account that the service is pre-installed and running already following the use of apt-get.
Following attempts to configure for Apache my service from init.d will not start, and I am now trying to debug the problem and hopefully make some edits to the pre-configured script and setup.