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Re: request: ssh session passwords

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-10-28 18:29:52 CET

Juraj Simlovic wrote:
> I am reffering to discussion at [the http://tortoisesvn.net/node/35].
>
> Our server administrator does not allow us to login by private keys. He
> thinks it is not safe, because we tend to store such keys on usb sticks,
> which then get stolen, etc, etc. Furthermore, we are sharing computers,

Isn't that a contradiction? You share computers but using private keys
are considered unsafe?
IMHO sharing computers is much worse.

> thus we can not setup putty sessions with stored password. Long story
> short, I am always required to type a password when I am connecting to the
> svn server by ssh.
>
> Would it be possible to remember this password during the entire session?
> Or at least within one tsvn "window"? For example, when I try to browse
> the Logs or the Repo-browser, it keeps asking for passwords over and over
> again wherever I click, making the client worse than unusable. I think the
> Logs window and its sub-windows (e.g. the diff window) should share the
> same password when one is given.

Define "session" here please. Because whatever you choose as a session,
it will always be wrong and unsafe.
* if the session is as long as the window/dialog is open, then what
happens if you leave your station with the window open? The next user
would still be using your 'session' here, including your password.
* if the session is per connection (as it is now), then you have to
enter the password sometimes more than just once
* if the session is forever, then sharing your station would simply have
all your users commit with the same username/password

Stefan

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