Re: Repository Passwords are in clear text?

On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 11:01:58AM +0100, Maurizio de Pascale wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I'm just setting up a svn repository to be used from the internet and
> noticed that the /conf/passwd file contains passwords in clear text!
> This is very bad as it forces people to choose a password knowing that
> other guys could eventually read it.
> Is there a way to change this behavior and force "CVS-like" storing of
> passwords?
I suppose the most secure way is to use svn over SSH, with public key
authentiĶation, and ssh-agent for storing passwords for private keys on
client side. Or, in Windows, plink and pageant programs from PuTTY
package can be used as transport and secure authentication.

-- 
WBR,
Damir Shayhutdinov
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