Re: cleartext passwords

On November 8, 2002 04:42 pm, Kevin Pilch-Bisson wrote:
> 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).

Hmm. I guess thats true. We have a couple of lab machines where everyone works
as root so thats why I noticed it. Thats our problem I guess.

thanks,
Greg

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Greg Dickie
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Maximum Throughput
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