My post-commit hook is: /usr/bin/svn update /var/www/html/mysite/ –username myusername –password mypassword –no-auth-cache >> /var/www/html/mysite/foo.txt 2>&1 After performing a commit, my post-commit hook outputs to foo.txt the following: Updating ‘/var/www/html/mysite’: svn: E000013: Can’t create temporary file from template ‘/var/www/html/mysite/.svn/tmp/svn-XXXXXX’: Permission denied Any ideas?? Must be something related to permissions. It used to work, but something happened. Answer check if you have