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Re: cleartext passwords

From: Kevin Pilch-Bisson <kevin_at_pilch-bisson.net>
Date: 2002-11-08 22:42:44 CET

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:32:38PM -0500, Greg Dickie wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I apoligize if this is a FAQ but I just noticed that passwords are stored in
> cleartext in the .svn/auth subdir. I know there are options to not cache at
> all but there must be some way to at least obscure the password....
>
> TIA,
> Greg
>
Actually no, but they are not readable by any but the current user (at least
under unix). 

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