> > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Bob Archer <bob.arc...@amsi.com> wrote: > >> > How to make password to store in Encrypted format >> > >> > When I checkout a code i got the following message. I was searching in >> the >> > net, I couldn't locate a proper document to avoid/configure svn password >> > locally encrypted. Any help in this regard is highly appreciated. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Wang,bin >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ATTENTION! Your password for authentication realm: >> > >> > <http://someservername:3690> Test Project SVN >> > >> > can only be stored to disk unencrypted! You are advised to configure >> your >> > system so that Subversion can store passwords encrypted, if possible. >> See >> > the documentation for details. >> > >> > You can avoid future appearances of this warning by setting the value of >> the >> > 'store-plaintext-passwords' option to either 'yes' or 'no' in >> > '/home/AdmUsr/.subversion/servers'. >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Did you " See the documentation for details."??? >> >> " For other Unix-like operating systems, no single standard “keychain” >> service exists. However, the Subversion client knows how to store passwords >> securely using the “GNOME Keyring” and “KDE Wallet” services. Also, before >> storing unencrypted passwords in the ~/.subversion/auth/ caching area, the >> Subversion client will ask the user for permission to do so. Note that the >> auth/ caching area is still permission-protected so that only the user >> (owner) can read data from it, not the world at large. The operating >> system's own file permissions protect the passwords from other >> non-administrative users on the same system, provided they have no direct >> physical access to the storage media of the home directory, or backups >> thereof." >> >> >> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html#svn.serverconfig.netmodel.creds >> >> BOb >> >> > > Wang, > > For the record we're running Ubuntu Server 10.04LTS and it has no desktop > GUI and I was not able to figure out how to use either gnome keyring or kde > wallet services to store passwords encrypted. After about 8 to 12 hours of > researching these methods and trying a variety of different things, I gave > up and was never able to store encrypted passwords; we all have IDEs that > store/send the password with each command and our SVN server is behind our > Firewall on our LAN, so it isn't that big of a deal for us. > > They call it a "security improvement" for SVN 1.6 however it has resulted > in our case as no security (for users SSH'd into the svn server) because > implementing it > a) is too cumbersome > b) is beyond my skillset, or > c) appears to rely on a desktop UI > > There appears to be some command-line ways of getting this functionality, > and here some posts about it... > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3824513/svn-encrypted-password-store > > > http://blogs.collab.net/subversion/2009/07/subversion-16-security-improvements/ > > > http://subversion.open.collab.net/ds/viewMessage.do?dsMessageId=325647&dsForumId=3 > > Probably the best bet is outlined here > > http://superuser.com/questions/186575/whats-the-best-way-to-store-an-encrypted-svn-password-on-ubuntu-server > or here > > http://blesseddlo.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/subversion-passwords-encrypted-with-gnome-keyring/ > but I wasn't able to get it working. > > Sorry; wish I had a better reply for you. > Good luck - >
Here is another thread that looks helpful http://subversion.open.collab.net/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=3&dsMessageId=393815