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Re: OS X PPC Authentication failure

From: Michael Carland <mcarland_at_bitsgonewild.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:41:55 -0600

On Nov 30, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Tommy Nordgren wrote:

>
> On Nov 30, 2008, at 8:26 PM, Michael Carland wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have just set up Subversion 1.5.1 (r32289) on Debian Etch with
>> Apache 2.2.3 and using digest authentication over https.
>>
>> I am able to use the command line client from multiple x86_64
>> Debian machines (both 1.5.1 and 1.4.2 clients), and browse the
>> repository from my OS X machine with Firefox and Safari.
>>
>> However, when I try and connect with either the command line
>> client (1.5.4 r33841) or Versions (1.0.2 build 53) on my PPC Mac
>> OS X 10.4.11, authentication fails. The Apache log reports:
>>
>> Digest: user mcarland: password mismatch: /svn/tsw
>>
>> Using the same clients on my wife's x86 Mac OS X 10.4.11 is
>> successful.
>>
>> Also, if I switch Apache from Digest to Basic authentication, it
>> works correctly.
>>
>> Any suggestions to fix this other than "upgrade" to my wife's Mac?
>> Is this worthy of logging a defect?
>>
>> Thanks for any tips.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
> I suggest you give the command locale in a terminal window.
> Compare the result with your wives machine.
> Different character encodings may explain the difference in logging
> in,
> if you use any non-ascii character in your password.
> The default settings of locale changes depending on your settings
> under international
> and your character encoding for terminal windows.
>
> ----------------------------------
> The three things an undertaker should never say to a client:
> -Nice doing business with you.
> -Welcome back.
> -Have a nice day. (The King of ID)
> ----------------------------------
> Tommy Nordgren
> tommy.nordgren_at_comhem.se

Nope, both machine report "C" for locale. And while my initial
password had mixed alphanumerics and shift-numeric characters (but
still latin ascii), I had also tried an [a-z0-9]+ password with no luck.

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