Re: [patch] ask for username if getting UID fails

SteveKing wrote:

> Hi,
>
> some users reported problems with authentication
> on win98 systems. The reported error was "error getting UID".
> See
> http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgId=246759
> <http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgId=246759>
> for example.
>
> The attached patch fixes this. If the UID can't be obtained then
> subversion would no more exit with an error but ask for
> the username instead.
> Since I don't have Win98 I can't really test if that would
> fix the reported problem but I think it's a good idea
> anyway to ask for a username instead of erroring out.

Doesn't that mean svn on Win98 will ask for a username on every
operation that requires authentication? We don't cache the usernames any
more. Or do we? Anyone?

-- 
Brane Čibej   <brane_at_xbc.nu>   http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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