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RE: [Subclipse-users] Possible bug when using svn+ssh.

From: Alexander Kitaev <alex_at_tmate.org>
Date: 2006-07-18 12:19:56 CEST

Hello,

> I am also interested in the advantage of the current approach
> in relation to the old one where the username was set in the
> repository configuration dialog box.
> As far as I can see, it was already possible to use a
> different user name than the ssh one.
No, it was not. User name in the first dialog was used both for ssh login
and for commit. The only way to override last one was to set system property
"javasvn.ssh.author" (in version 1.0.3 of Subclipse), now this additonal
dialog pops up.

Alexander Kitaev.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: news [mailto:news@sea.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Ismael Juma
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:20 AM
> To: users@subclipse.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: [Subclipse-users] Possible bug when using svn+ssh.
>
> Alexander Kitaev <alex <at> tmate.org> writes:
> > This is a new feature of JavaSVN actually. After you've entered SSH
> > credentials (user name, password or private key, port,
> etc), JavaSVN
> > prompts user for the username that will be used to make Subversion
> > commits (it may differ from SSH login). Password is ignored in that
> > dialog if entered, only username is used, and I think we will
> > collaborate with Mark to make Subclipse display more
> self-explaining dialog not to confuse users.
>
> Interesting. I do agree that the dialog box should make it
> clear that the password is not required or used. When I first
> saw it, I thought that the ssh library was trying to do
> password-based authentication and that is something I didn't
> want to do, so I could not make much progress. However, after
> reading your email, I tried not entering a password and it
> worked fine.
>
> I am also interested in the advantage of the current approach
> in relation to the old one where the username was set in the
> repository configuration dialog box.
> As far as I can see, it was already possible to use a
> different user name than the ssh one.
>
> Regards,
> Ismael
>
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