Re: [Subclipse-dev] SVN problems after Eclipse revoked shell access

On Feb 12, 2008 8:45 AM, Thomas Hallgren <thomas_at_tada.se> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> indeed, that took me one step forward. I removed the .keyring, switched
> to SvnKIT and tried a refresh. It asked for login/password which I
> entered, then a new dialog pops up, asking for "Enter SVN Author Name".
> Normally, I use my full name here "Thomas Hallgren". This is different
> from my login. So I tried using that again and I got the same error.
>
> Now, since the error states "Requested username does not match", and
> since "Author Name is never queried when using JavaHL, I got suspicious.
> I closed my IDE, removed the .keyring again, and retried. This time, I
> used my login name as the "Author Name". And behold, now it works OK.
>
> Question is, what has happened? Why must my "Author Name" suddenly be
> equal to my login? When is the "Author Name" ever used for authentication?

The author name is what you would see when running svn log. This is
always used for authorization within Subversion. Perhaps the Eclipse
server is now using the authz module to do per-directory
authorization?

svn+ssh is the only protocol where this can apply. It is not uncommon
in some companies to use common credentials for the SSH access, and
this allows you to then override the author value to a unique value
per user. I was actually against SVNKit adding this feature but it is
something there users wanted.

With JavaHL, it is configured as part of the command line SSH configuration.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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