Hello Thomas, > are using svn in our company and authenticate against Microsoft Active > Directory. We are quite happy since years now. > > We are working worldwide and hence multi language. Some passwords may have > german umlaut, $, and other characters. > > Users that have these characters in their passwords do not authenticate. Can > anybody give me a hint where to start searching. > > (Apache, MS AD, OS).
Non-ASCII symbols (e.g. '£', 'ü', 'ä' etc.) in password are not supported in plain-text Basic Authentication. For details check this mailing list thread: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-users/201204.mbox/%3c87obqpxnis....@stat.home.lan%3E In order to use special characters in passwords you should consider advanced authentication methods that do not store and transfer plain-text passwords over HTTP. As your network is based on Active Directory the solution would be to setup Single Sign-On / Integrated Windows AD authentication via Kerberos and/or NTLM. You may want to try VisualSVN Server Enterprise Edition that perfectly integrates in Active Directory and provides Single Sign-On out of the box without any additional configuration. Integrated Windows Authentication: http://www.visualsvn.com/server/features/windows-auth/#integrated VisualSVN Server Features list: http://www.visualsvn.com/server/features/ Thank you. -- With best regards, Pavel Lyalyakin VisualSVN Team