[svn.haxx.se] · SVN Dev · SVN Users · SVN Org · TSVN Dev · TSVN Users · Subclipse Dev · Subclipse Users · this month's index

Re: Browser does not cache credentials

From: Moisei <moisei_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2005-05-16 12:35:13 CEST

Hi,
just the idea: Firefox has it's own password manager.
Is it possible a wrong credetionals are saved there for the site you
try to reach?
Can be viewed under tools\options\privacy\saved passwords

2005/5/16, Gabor Szabo <szabgab@gmail.com>:
> I still don't have a solution for this.
> Further research showed that this does not happen when using Konqueror nor with
> Internet Explorer, only when using Firefox (both on Linux and on Windows).
>
> The problematic behavior disappears if I comment out the AuthzSVNAccessFile
> entry from httpd.conf
>
> So it seems like some bug in Firefox but if anyone encountered similar situation
> I'd appreciate to hear about that.
>
> Gabor
>
>
> On 5/15/05, Gabor Szabo <szabgab@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am not sure if this is a Subversion issue or not but I encounter it
> > while trying
> > to setup a new repository.
> >
> > I have just setup a new repository with 1.2.0.RC4 requireing authentication.
> > Using svn client (1.1.4) (after authentication) I can check out the
> > whole tree without a problem and I can even commit changes back to the
> > repo.
> >
> > When I try to browse to the repository using Firefox I get the pop-up
> > window asking for username/password. Once I get through I can see the
> > main directory but if I try to change
> > directory, or look at a file in the top directory or even only reload
> > the browser I get the
> > pop-up window again asking for username/password.
> >
> > On other sites using the same browser the credential caching works, I
> > even setup a
> > non-svn directory on the same server using different URI using the
> > same credentials
> > and that works as expected.
> >
> > (Same happens both on http and on https)
> >
> > Any idea why does this happen and how to solve it ?
> >
> > Gabor
> >
>
> --
> Gabor Szabo
> Perl in Israel
> http://www.pti.co.il
> 08-975-2897
> 054-4624648
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org
>
>

-- 
Best Regards,
Moisei
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org
Received on Mon May 16 12:37:11 2005

This is an archived mail posted to the Subversion Users mailing list.

This site is subject to the Apache Privacy Policy and the Apache Public Forum Archive Policy.