author names not shown in log

[stuckw...@optonline.net]

My company has a classified lab with TortoiseSVN installed on several PCs and the repositories located on a central server.  Each of us has our own user account on the client PCs.  When we browse the repositories, we are noticing that the file histories and log viewer show the Author field blank for almost all of our check-ins instead of showing the author's user name or Windows ID as we would expect.  Our security department recently installed new security protocols on all our lab PCs, so could this have something to do with it?  Or could there be something in the SVN settings that is forcing all our check-ins to be anonymous?

[Stefan]

if commits don't show an author then that means that the server allows anonymous commits. So there's no need for the server to even ask for the author, and therefore no author is shown or recorded.

if you're using svn+ssh and no author is shown, then usually the ssh tunnel is configured wrong.

[stuckw...@optonline.net]

Is there a way to turn anonymous commits off?  We would rather be able to record the name of the author who checks in a change and view it in the log.

[Stefan]

On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 7:06:39 PM UTC+1, (unknown) wrote:

Is there a way to turn anonymous commits off?  We would rather be able to record the name of the author who checks in a change and view it in the log.

Well yes, the usual setup is to require authentication for commits.

You have to read the svn docs about setting up a server for this.