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Re: Is there a way to prevent local caching AND not have the user log multiple times?

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel_at_comcast.net>
Date: 2006-07-29 00:32:10 CEST

----- Original Message -----
From: "D.J. Heap" <djheap@gmail.com>
To: "Nico Kadel-Garcia" <nkadel@comcast.net>
Cc: "Keith and Teri Kwiatek" <kwiatekfamily@gmail.com>;
<users@subversion.tigris.org>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: Is there a way to prevent local caching AND not have the user
log multiple times?

> On 7/28/06, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@comcast.net> wrote:
> [snip]
>>
>> This only works if you force the use of TortoisSVN as the client. This is
>> next-to-impossible: if the user uses a command-line client in CygWin or
>> from
>> Linux, in order to do a build environment, the passwords are certainly
>> kept
>> in clear text.
>
> You would have to use TSVN and/or a native Windows commandline client
> but the message says "Since the windows user will be logged into the
> domain" so it seems likely that they are on Windows and can use such a
> client.
>
> If not, then the above is correct AFAIK -- you have to use ssh+certs
> to avoid storing passwords and not be prompted.

Does anyone have a domain-registered WindowsXP box to test the CygWin cvs
client to see if it stores HTTPS;Webdav passwords for Amanda in clear text?
Or understand the authentication code to comment?

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