Re: Obscure error report on connect to svn repository

2009/1/24 Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>:
> Simon Large wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> If you try to access a repository using svn:// and you enter the wrong
>> password or an invalid username (even a single space as username), you
>> just get prompted again. If you leave the username completely blank
>> you get a strange error message in repo browser:
>>
>> "SASL(-1): generic failure: Unable to find a callback: 2"
>>
>> As an empty username can never be valid (can it?) should the OK button
>> be disabled while there is nothing in the username box?
>
> An empty username can be valid (highly unlikely, but possible).
>
> The error you get is due to the fact that SASL can't find the correct
> plugin for authenticating. Which means your server is set up to use a
> SASL auth mechanism TSVN does not support.

Its a 1.4.x svnserve (the same one I have given you access to), so
only the standard very basic mechanisms are supported. Also, this only
happens when the username is completely blank.

Simon

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