title: Could not initilize the SASL library
body: <p>Following the tutorial <a href="https://blog.codinghorror.com/setting-up-subversion-on-windows/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, I installed Subversion 1.5.6 (Setup-Subversion-1.5.6.msi <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>) on Windows Server 2003 SP2. I was able to create a repository (C:\SVN\Repository) using the command line, no problem. And I can configure it as a service, but when I try to start the service, it won't start. I figured I would try to run svnserve manually without the --service argument, but it errors. I am trying:</p>
  
  <p>svnserve -r c:\svn\repository</p>
  
  <p>...and the error I get is:</p>
  
  <p>svn: Could not initialize the SASL library<br>
  svn: generic failure</p>
  
  <p>Other Information that might be pertinent:
  I edited the svnserve.conf file by uncommenting the anon-access and auth-access lines:</p>
  
  <p>anon-access = none<br>
  auth-access = write</p>
  
  <p>I also uncommented the password-db line:</p>
  
  <p>password-db = passwd</p>
  
  <p>I am logged into the box using remote desktop, and I am logged in as an administrator on the server. Any ideas?</p>