Re: svn client authentication agent

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 02:29:14PM +0100, sebb wrote:
> Is there a way to use an authentication agent to provide passwords to
> the svn client?
>
> It would be useful to be able to specify the password for multiple
> operations without having to store it on disk.
>
> For example, like GPG2 is able to do, and Putty with Pageant.

I don't think anyone would object to GPG2 support for password
storage. It just needs to be implemented.

If you use svn+ssh:// you can use an ssh-agent (as you pointed out).
Other options on UNIX are KDE Wallet and Gnome Keyring, which provide
agent-like functionality.

On Windows and Mac, your Subversion credentials are by default stored
encrypted on disk and retrieved transparently as needed.

Stefan
Received on 2010-06-13 18:08:41 CEST