[PATCH] Password caching in OS X (and Windows)

Jack Repenning jrepenning at collab.net
Tue Dec 6 14:10:45 CST 2005


Recent work on svn's trunk/ has added a new feature on Mac OS X,  
caching passwords in the system keyring instead of on-disk.  The  
book, of course, ought to mention this; here's a suggested patch.   
(Caveat reviewer: this is my Very First Experience with docbook, and  
I haven't built the book to see the effect; still, there were ample  
near-by patterns to follow.)

While I was about that, i believe I've discovered a bug in the  
description of the analogous feature in Windows.  I'm not sure what  
the wording _should_ say, but I'm pretty darned sure that what it  
presently says does not match my experiments!

It says:

> (Note: if the the user's Windows account
>             password is changed, all of the cached passwords become
>             undecipherable.  The Subversion client will behave as if
>             they don't exist, prompting for passwords when
>             required.)

I'm no Windows expert, but this does not seem to agree with my own  
experiments.  Here's what I did:

Using
  - TortoiseSVN 1.2.1 / SVN 1.2.1 (for all svn operations)
  - Windows XP Pro SP2

1. I checked out a directory (using an https:// URL, into a secured  
repository ... actually, a CollabNet site)
2. I confirmed that the password was stored encrypted in C:\Documents  
and Files\me\Application Data\Subversion\auth
\svn.simple\XXXXXXXXXX
3. I changed my Windows password, using the "Users" Control Panel
4. I "svn up"ed the directory ... no password prompt
5. I rebooted
6. I updated the directory again ... no password prompt
7. I checked out another directory from the same server/realm ... no  
password prompt




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Jack Repenning
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