Senthil Kumaran S wrote:
> Karl Fogel wrote:
>> * When we prompt the user for a client cert passphrase, do *not*
>> automagically store that passphrase in ~/.subversion/servers
>> (because it's bad to automagically store passphrases).
>>
>> Instead, present a prompt like the one we do for regular plaintext
>> passwords, wherein we ask they user if they want to store it, and
>> also tell them what to set to avoid being asked in the future (a
>> new boolean that says whether or not to store client cert
>> passphrases after they've been read from prompt).
>
> The patch attached here
> http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=140222 for
> issue #2849 handles this. If there is no gnome-keyring mechanism, the
> user is prompted for storing plaintext passphrases as we do for storing
> plaintext passwords. There is also a boolean type already coded in that
> patch which decides whether or not to store client cert passphrases
> after they've been read from the prompt. Yet I need to receive a +1
> (long awaited patch, more than 2 months now) from some full committer to
> get this patch into trunk which will enable me to resume work on Windows
> CryptAPI, Keychain, Kwallet, etc :(
The complete patch with all the modifications as a result of review from
arfrever and stsp is given as attachment here
http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=139442
NOTE: The previous thread I ve mentioned includes the patch inline to my reply,
which may be difficult for people who wants to review the patch, to cut and
paste it in their working copy.
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Senthil Kumaran S
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Received on 2008-06-30 06:40:39 CEST