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RE: Re: TSVN & Apache & SSPI & SSL problems

From: Gillis, Paul <pgillis_at_insight-tek.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:07:12 -0400

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stefan Küng [mailto:tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:32 AM
>To: users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
>Subject: Re: TSVN & Apache & SSPI & SSL problems
>
>Gillis, Paul wrote:
>> Hi Stefan,
>>
>> Yes, my client is using the very latest versions of Subversion 1.5.3
>> and TSVN 1.5.4. I did not build it. I downloaded the binaries from
>> tigris.org. The server is running 1.5.2. But I would not expect that
>> to account for my TSVN issue since my svn 1.5.3 client can
>> authenticate to the 1.5.2 server.
>>
>> Yes, I am trying this from the very same machine, my desktop
>> computer.
>>
>> The $ at the end of my SVNParentPath directive is the nomenclature to
>> denote a hidden Windows file share. I should note that I was able to
>> open my repositories with TSVN perfectly fine prior to adding the
>> directives to authenticate using the PDC. But we don't want to run
>> anonymously.
>>
>> I am certain my computer is a member of our domain. It's required
>> here.
>>
>> I was not expecting that I would have to enter my domain/username to
>> authenticate with SSPIOmitDomain on. But it failed when I entered
>> just my username so I gave it a try with domain and username and it
>> worked. This is from my svn console window so it leads me to believe
>> my problem is TSVN:
>>
>>> svn info http://vc-1/svn/myrepo
>> Authentication realm: <http://vc-1:80> Subversion repositories
>> Password for 'gillis_p': ******** Authentication realm:
>> <http://vc-1:80> Subversion repositories Username: mydomain\gillis_p
>> Password for ' mydomain\gillis_p': ******** Path: myrepo URL:
>> http://vc-1/svn/myrepo Repository Root: http://vc-1/svn/myrepo
>> Repository UUID: be8097fc-3112-874e-b525-a36b8ade6167 Revision: 300
>> Node Kind: directory Last Changed Rev: 300 Last Changed Date:
>> 2008-10-16 16:04:16 -0400 (Thu, 16 Oct 2008)
>>
>>
>> Do you have any other suggestions? I'm stumped!
>
>I see the problem now:
>The command line client doesn't compile SSPI support, it relies on the
>fallback to basic authentication for SSPI authentication. TSVN however
>supports SSPI authentication (i.e., you don't even have to enter
>username/password - the authentication is done by the OS and your
>domain). But SSPI only works for https connections, not http connections.

Would you mind clarifying this so I understand better? Perhaps there are others who share my confusion and would benefit from an explanation.

The ONLY reason I enabled sspi is to be authenticate users with the domain controller so I don't have to maintain a password file. I don't care if the svn communication is encrypted. Section 3.1.7 in the TSVN manual tells me that sspi is the way to do this hence I cannot disable sspi authentication.

I now realize that https from the Subversion client also gives me a certificate error: "The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!" I generated the certificate following the instructions in 3.1.7 of the manual. Are they incorrect or incomplete? What do I have to do to generate a trustworthy certificate that subversion and TSVN will accept?

Also... I found this strange... I can use TSVN to open my repository with http (versus https). But if I click on a folder to checkout, the OK button in the checkout dialog is not available. I've never seen this before and I assumed it was because I was not authenticated and my SSPIAuthoritative directive required it. Am I mistaken?

Thank you for your help!

- Paul

>
>So, either disable SSPI authentication and only use domain
>authentication (SSPIAuthoritative Off), or enable https to your repository.
>
>Stefan
>
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