Re: svn: Authorization failed

On Aug 15, 2009, at 00:47, Erick Calder wrote:

>> Stop right there. Proceed *DIRECTLY* to the use of svn+ssh to get a
>> much better security model. Subversion's tendency to store passwords
>> in clear text is very nasty, and this is the most reliable fix for
>> it,
>> one used by Slashdot and other security conscious systems
>
> the svn+ssh model is problematic because I really don't want to give
> system accounts to those that will use svn...

Fortunately, you don't need to. :) Everyone can share a single
account to access Subversion on the server via svn+ssh. See this FAQ:

http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#ssh-authorized-keys-trick

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Received on 2009-08-15 08:48:11 CEST