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Re: Password prompt for everyrepository co

From: JC Tchitchiama <jct_at_panonet.net>
Date: 2003-03-03 16:49:04 CET

On Monday 03 Mar 2003 3:36 pm, Matt Kraai wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:31:51PM +0000, JC Tchitchiama wrote:
> > Greetings folks,
> >
> > I hope this question has not been asked before if so apologies in advance
> > and please just point me to the mail with hopefully some answers.
> >
> > Here is the problem:-
> >
> > o I have a script that has to request checkout for a number of
> > repositorieS. o the script basically calls "svn chechout" many many time.
> > o now each time the user is prompted for a password to enable the ssh
> > connection to happen.
> > o the trouble for me is that the same password is asked say 10 times
> > o I thought asking for the password and storing it for the duration of
> > the request using the options --username --password but I was told these
> > options only works when the Subversion Filesystem is accessed via Dav.
> >
> > Has anybody come accross the same issue and how was it solve ?
> > is --username --password also available for secured shell access to the
> > repository ?
>
> Use ssh-agent.
I thought about that too but that's against our security policy.
Thanks anyway !!!

-- 
Best Regards.
JC.
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