On 2004.08.11 08:35:34 +0000, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> Err... <li>'s outside of a list? I think you meant <h3>'s here.
Oops. Trying again:
Log:
Add a FAQ entry for (lack of) svn+ssh authorization caching
* www/project_faq.html
(change-log-msg): New question and answer.
Index: www/project_faq.html
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--- www/project_faq.html (revision 10592)
+++ www/project_faq.html (working copy)
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
<li><a href="#ignore-commit">I have a file in my project that every
developer must change, but I don't want those local mods to ever be
committed. How can I make 'svn commit' ignore the file?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#ssh-auth-cache">When I access a repository using
+svn+ssh, my password is not cached in ~/.subversion/auth/. How do
+I avoid having to type it so often?</a></li>
+</a></li>
<p>
<strong>Troubleshooting:</strong>
@@ -1276,7 +1280,22 @@
to its parent directory's svn:ignore property, so it doesn't show up
as '?' in the 'svn status' command.</p>
+<![CDATA[=========================================================]]>
+<h3><a name="ssh-auth-cache">When I access a repository using
+svn+ssh, my password is not cached in ~/.subversion/auth/. How do
+I avoid having to type it so often?</a></h3>
+
+<p>ssh has its own scheme for caching authentication tokens. It
+works for the passphrases on ssh keys, not for OS-level passwords,
+so you'll need to do some public key setup.</p>
+
+<p>OpenSSH includes ssh-keygen to create the keys, ssh-agent to
+cache passphrases, and ssh-add to add passphrases to the cache.
+keychain is a popular helper script to simplify using ssh-agent.
+PuTTY, a popular alternative ssh client for Windows, comes with
+PuTTYgen to import OpenSSH keys and pageant to cache passphrases.</p>
+
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David Ripton dripton@ripton.net
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