Problem storing passwords when using subversion

[Mark Wood-Patrick via users]

I'm using subversion 1.14.1 on CentOS release 6.8 and trying to get subversion to store my credentials.

Viewing ~/.subversion/servers it seems like passwords should be stored by default.

In 

~/.subversion/config

I have:

password-stores = gpg-agent,gnome-keyring,kwallet

However, when I try to do a checkout it continues to prompt me to enter my password, any idea what I'm doing wrong or how to determine why it's not working?

Where can I find the correct version of the docs for subversion 1.14.1

[Daniel Sahlberg]

Den fre 1 sep. 2023 kl 14:04 skrev Mark Wood-Patrick via users <us...@subversion.apache.org>:

I'm using subversion 1.14.1 on CentOS release 6.8 and trying to get subversion to store my credentials.

Please check the svn --version command, it should say something like this towards the end of the output:

[[[

The following authentication credential caches are available:

* Plaintext cache in /home/dsg/.subversion

* Gnome Keyring

* GPG-Agent

* KWallet (KDE)

]]]

 

Viewing ~/.subversion/servers it seems like passwords should be stored by default.

In 

~/.subversion/config

I have:

      password-stores = gpg-agent,gnome-keyring,kwallet

However, when I try to do a checkout it continues to prompt me to enter my password, any idea what I'm doing wrong or how to determine why it's not working?

Have you configured gnome keyring or kwallet?

Are you using Subversion within a graphical session or through SSH? I think gnome keyring/kwallet are only available in graphical sessions.

 

Where can I find the correct version of the docs for subversion 1.14.1

The default compile time configuration in Subversion 1.12 to 1.14 disables the plaintext cache (as you can see above, I have compiled my own version and enabled the plaintext cache).

The FAQ explain this in more details.

If you can accept the security implications of storing the password in plaintext there is a script available in the FAQ: https://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#plaintext-passwords

Kind regards,

Daniel Sahlberg

[Mark Wood-Patrick via users]

Many thanks for the response much appreciated, after fixing an issue with gpg its working now

 

Regards

 

Mark

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[Daniel Sahlberg]

Den fre 1 sep. 2023 kl 14:57 skrev Mark Wood-Patrick <mwoodp...@nvidia.com>:

Where can I find the correct version of the docs for subversion 1.14.1

You get a long way with:

$ svn help

Otherwise the SVN book is still mostly accurate, there are only a few new features not yet described: https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/index.html

Kind regards,

Daniel

 

 

Mark

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[Mark Wood-Patrick via users]

Where can I find the correct version of the docs for subversion 1.14.1

 

Mark

From: Daniel Sahlberg <daniel.l...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, September 1, 2023 5:54 AM
To: Mark Wood-Patrick <mwoodp...@nvidia.com>
Cc: us...@subversion.apache.org
Subject: Re: Problem storing passwords when using subversion
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Den fre 1 sep. 2023 kl 14:04 skrev Mark Wood-Patrick via users <us...@subversion.apache.org>: