Well- almost confirmed....
When I set an EnvInject global password for my P4 password, I can use it in the perforce password entry field to successfully run jobs. That’s what I originally confirmed. However, I have now seen two new problems- · The job cannot use the global password to poll the depot for changes. I get an invalid password message in the log (see below) · The job configuration UI shows messages that indicate variable substitution is not performed. The first is a showstopper for CI jobs. The second I can live with, but I’d suggest that the warning include a disclaimer that says substitution is not done in the configuration screen. Similarly, when I tried to use a variable in the perforce mapping, the same kinds of problems were apparent: Polling does not work (see log entry below) The job configuration UI shows messages that indicate variable substitution was not performed. Polling log contents: The polling log when using variable substitution in the password field - Started on Aug 28, 2012 12:58:51 PM Looking for changes... Using master Using master perforce client: Jenkins-NGC_CI Caught Exception communicating with perforce.Login attempt failed: Password invalid. FATAL: Unable to communicate with perforce. Check log file for: Login attempt failed: Password invalid. *java.io.IOException*<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search?query=java.io.IOException>: Unable to communicate with perforce. Check log file for: Login attempt failed: Password invalid. at * hudson.plugins.perforce.PerforceSCM.compareRemoteRevisionWith(PerforceSCM.java:1169) *<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.plugins.perforce.PerforceSCM.compareRemoteRevisionWith&entity=method> at *hudson.scm.SCM._compareRemoteRevisionWith(SCM.java:356)*<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.scm.SCM._compareRemoteRevisionWith&entity=method> at *hudson.scm.SCM.poll(SCM.java:373)*<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.scm.SCM.poll&entity=method> at *hudson.model.AbstractProject.poll(AbstractProject.java:1354)*<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.model.AbstractProject.poll&entity=method> at * hudson.triggers.SCMTrigger$Runner.runPolling(SCMTrigger.java:420)*<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.triggers.SCMTrigger$Runner.runPolling&entity=method> at *hudson.triggers.SCMTrigger$Runner.run(SCMTrigger.java:449)*<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.triggers.SCMTrigger$Runner.run&entity=method> at * hudson.util.SequentialExecutionQueue$QueueEntry.run(SequentialExecutionQueue.java:118) *<http://stacktrace.jenkins-ci.org/search/?query=hudson.util.SequentialExecutionQueue$QueueEntry.run&entity=method> at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Done. Took 0.44 sec No changes The polling log when using variable substitution in client mapping (view map field)- Started on Aug 28, 2012 12:51:51 PM Looking for changes... Using master Using master perforce client: Jenkins-NGC_CI Warning: Client Spec line invalid, ignoring. (${DepotBranch}/Source/... //jenkins/ReadOnly/Source/... ) Changing P4 Client View from: //depot/Projects/NGC/Main/Source/... //Jenkins-NGC_CI/ReadOnly/Source/... Changing P4 Client View to: Saving modified client Jenkins-NGC_CI No changes found. Done. Took 2.2 sec No changes The job configuration UI showed the following message: · when using variable substitution in the password field - Unable to check workspace against depot · When using variable substitution in client mapping (view map field)- Invalid mapping:${DepotBranch}/Source/... //jenkins/ReadOnly/Source/... On Monday, August 27, 2012 9:55:48 AM UTC-7, Richard J wrote: > Confirmed- Both EnvInject and MaskPassword global passwords work as > advertised in Perforce plugin. > NOTE: Don't forget to mark the checkbox in the job config to allow use of > the defined global passwords in that job! > > > On Saturday, August 25, 2012 4:18:00 PM UTC-7, Rob Petti wrote: > >> If it doesn't work already (it should) then you can use the Mask >> Passwords plugin to set up a global password instead. >> >> On Friday, 24 August 2012 13:22:18 UTC-6, Richard J wrote: >>> >>> The newer versions of the plugin EnvInject can create a GlobalPassword. >>> Since I have the same Perforce password entered separately in about 100 >>> jobs, it would be nice >>> to use this feature. >>> Any plans to support it in the Perforce plugin? >>> >>> >>> >>
