Hello Thomas,
> are using svn in our company and authenticate against Microsoft Active
> Directory. We are quite happy since years now.
>
> We are working worldwide and hence multi language. Some passwords may have
> german umlaut, $, and other characters.
>
> Users that have these characters in their passwords do not authenticate. Can
> anybody give me a hint where to start searching.
>
> (Apache, MS AD, OS).
Non-ASCII symbols (e.g. '£', 'ü', 'ä' etc.) in password are not
supported in plain-text Basic Authentication. For details check this
mailing list thread:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-users/201204.mbox/%3C87obqpxnis.fsf@stat.home.lan%3E
In order to use special characters in passwords you should consider
advanced authentication methods that do not store and transfer
plain-text passwords over HTTP. As your network is based on Active
Directory the solution would be to setup Single Sign-On / Integrated
Windows AD authentication via Kerberos and/or NTLM.
You may want to try VisualSVN Server Enterprise Edition that perfectly
integrates in Active Directory and provides Single Sign-On out of the
box without any additional configuration.
Integrated Windows Authentication:
http://www.visualsvn.com/server/features/windows-auth/#integrated
VisualSVN Server Features list: http://www.visualsvn.com/server/features/
Thank you.
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With best regards,
Pavel Lyalyakin
VisualSVN Team
Received on 2013-05-23 11:35:01 CEST