[arch-general] Can't store passwords with subversion 1.8.0

[Martti Kühne]

> On 07/10/2013 01:11 PM, Oliver Kraitschy wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> since the update to subversion 1.8.0 i can't make subversion store passwords. It asks for the password with every command i execute.
>>
>> I also tried to tell subversion explicitely to store passwords and to store them in plaintext with the following settings in the servers config file:
>>
>> store-passwords = yes
>> store-plaintext-passwords = yes
>>
>> But that didn't do the trick, either.
>>
>> So did anyone encounter the same problem or am i just doing something wrong?

I googled Discussion [0] which might point you in a right direction...

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Armin K. <krejzi at email.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know if it's any help, but you can try using gnome-keyring or
> kwallet (depending on the desktop) to store subversion passwords. Note
> that gnome-keyring can be run on desktops other than GNOME (Xfce, maybe
> lxde and such).

Personally, I prefer pwsafe.

ceers!
mar77i

[0] http://subversion.1072662.n5.nabble.com/1-8-0-and-plaintext-password-caching-td182765.html