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RE: TortoiseSVN constantly asks for a password

From: Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 20:43:59 +0000

Is it possible you are hitting more than one realm with your request?

Did you attempt to clear the current stored password TSVN -> Settings -> Saved Data -> Authentication Data -> Clear All

And try it again... see if that works?

BOb

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Lutz [mailto:t.lutz_at_clickforknowledge.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 2:33 PM
> To: users_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: TortoiseSVN constantly asks for a password
>
> Actually also setting MaxKeepAliveRequests to 0 (unlimited) doesn't solve
> this.
>
> To illustrate again, I did this:
>
> Commit -> Tortoise asks for password (although it is saved) -> I hit "Ok" ->
> Authentication failed -> Cancel
> -> Commit -> Tortoise asks for password (although it is saved) -> I hit
> -> "Ok" -> Authentication failed -> Cancel Commit -> Tortoise asks for
> -> password (although it is saved) -> I hit "Ok" -> Authentication failed ->
> Cancel Commit -> It works!
>
> or
>
> Update -> Tortoise asks for password (although it is saved) -> I just hit
> "Cancel" and it works anyway
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
> Am 08.01.2014 um 19:43 schrieb Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>:
>
> > On 07.01.2014 12:14, Thomas Lutz wrote:
> >> Hello Jörn,
> >>
> >> I guess this is somehow related to my question/bug report
> >> "TortoiseSVN
> >> 1.8.4 save authentication problem"
> >>
> (http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMes
> >> sageId=3070669) - unfortunately unanswered yet.
> >> The really strange thing is, if I keep trying (hitting cancel and
> >> committing again), it stops asking for the password and works the 4th
> >> time - reproducible.
> >> However, I don't know how to dig deeper to really debug what causes
> >> this annoying and strange behavior.
> >
> > If you get asked for authentication multiple times but usually only
> > for bigger transactions, then you have to tweak the configuration.
> > Best to do this on the server though:
> >
> > http://svnbook.red-
> bean.com/en/1.8/svn.serverconfig.httpd.html#svn.ser
> > verconfig.httpd.perf
> >
> > Increase the MaxKeepAliveRequests value until you don't get asked for
> > authentication anymore for your biggest transfers.
> >
> >
> > You can also try disabling the bulk updates on the client, but you
> > have to edit the 'servers' config file directly:
> > Settings dialog->Network->Subversion server file->Edit then add the
> > line http-bulk-updates = no in the [global] section.
> >
> > Stefan
> >
> >
> > --
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