On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 01:58:19PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de> wrote:
> > As of 1.6, Subversion asks the user before saving passwords in
> > plaintext. 1.6 also added support for using GNOME Keyring and KDE Wallet
> > as password stores.
>
> Yup. There are, as noted, unfortunately a lot of hassles involved
> with those tools in a non-GUI environment; what we really need is a
> lightweight, secure, standard keyring service. But getting Linux
> distros to standardize on *anything* is like herding cats, so I'm not
> holding my breath. ;) The assumption seems to be that these are
> things that only desktop users really want, so bundling them as part
> of the GUI is sufficient. I don't blame Subversion for that, though.
I hope the work-in-progress gpg-agent support I mentioned will fill that gap.
Would using gpg-agent work for you?
Stefan
Received on 2010-10-14 23:23:20 CEST