While configuring WebDAV with Apache for accessing SVN repository using web service, if there is a small misconfiguration related to “Location” directive you will see the following error:

svn: Server sent unexpected return value (405 Method Not Allowed) in response to PROPFIND request for '/svn'

Most probably you would have configured a trailing “/” character along with the location as shown below which requires correction.

<Location /svn/>
DAV svn
SVNPath /project/svn
</Location>

You should remove trailing “/” from the path “/svn/” given in the “Location” directive and the modified one looks like this.

<Location /svn>
DAV svn
SVNPath /project/svn
</Location>

If you haven’t made the above More >