Re: HTTP authentication vs. --username and --password

On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 09:02:52PM -0500, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> Peter Davis <peter@pdavis.cx> writes:
>
> > $ svn co http://username:password@server/repos/
>
> Isn't this an IE or Netscape-only syntax? I can't remember.

Passing the password in the URL isn't recommended, but it is part
of the URI spec (RFC 2396). So, it probably should be supported.

My $.02. -- justin

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Received on Mon Jul 22 04:45:26 2002