Re: TortoiseSVN 1.3.0 RC2 Clear Authentication error

Jody Shumaker wrote:
> Within the domain you have to be logged on as
> whatever user you want TortoiseSVN to use.

That's usually touted as a feature.
Single-Sign-On and all that..

> In my setup this isn't an issue as such machines end
> up getting their own access to the repository anyways,

Same here.

> but it could be a problem in a lot of
> different setups people do use.

That's what I'm interested in, use cases.

I can't immediately see a good use case, but then again,
I'm strictly a corporate user working with svn within the corporation.

> It is a problem, because apache is happy since it's a "valid-user"
> but then the subversion auth file has no access for this user.

I don't understand that issue, but then again I don't
understand that setup or why anyone would use it.

Do you have an archive link where I can read more about the problem?

> You end up getting a 401 error and no prompt for user/pass.

Sounds bad!
What's the reason for the lack of a password prompt?
Should be a no-brainer to prompt for a password when given a 401..

> Especially since before the sspi feature,
> they could do this just fine.

Agreed that we might be taking a step back for some users.
Can't immediately see what their use cases are, though.
*scratches head*

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Received on Wed Jan 11 22:49:22 2006