Re: Problem storing passwords when using subversion

Den fre 1 sep. 2023 kl 14:57 skrev Mark Wood-Patrick <
[email protected]>:

> Where can I find the correct version of the docs for subversion 1.14.1
>

You get a long way with:
$ svn help

Otherwise the SVN book is still mostly accurate, there are only a few new
features not yet described:
https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/index.html

Kind regards,
Daniel


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> Mark
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> *From:* Daniel Sahlberg <[email protected]>
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> Den fre 1 sep. 2023 kl 14:04 skrev Mark Wood-Patrick via users <
> [email protected]>:
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> I'm using subversion 1.14.1 on CentOS release 6.8 and trying to get
> subversion to store my credentials.
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> Please check the svn --version command, it should say something like this
> towards the end of the output:
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> [[[
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> The following authentication credential caches are available:
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> * Plaintext cache in /home/dsg/.subversion
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> * Gnome Keyring
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> * GPG-Agent
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> * KWallet (KDE)
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> ]]]
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> Viewing ~/.subversion/servers it seems like passwords should be stored by
> default.
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> In
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> ~/.subversion/config
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> I have:
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>       password-stores = gpg-agent,gnome-keyring,kwallet
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> However, when I try to do a checkout it continues to prompt me to enter my
> password, any idea what I'm doing wrong or how to determine why it's not
> working?
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> Have you configured gnome keyring or kwallet?
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> Are you using Subversion within a graphical session or through SSH? I
> think gnome keyring/kwallet are only available in graphical sessions.
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> Where can I find the correct version of the docs for subversion 1.14.1
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> The default compile time configuration in Subversion 1.12 to 1.14 disables
> the plaintext cache (as you can see above, I have compiled my own version
> and enabled the plaintext cache).
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> The FAQ explain this in more details.
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> If you can accept the security implications of storing the password in
> plaintext there is a script available in the FAQ:
> https://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#plaintext-passwords
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> Kind regards,
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> Daniel Sahlberg
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