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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by "Perry E. Metzger" <pe...@piermont.com> on 2004/04/16 16:38:04 UTC
realms...
I'm starting to play built in authentication in svnserve a bit.
1) Could someone explain to me what the realms string is actually for?
2) Am I correct that there is no protocol for users to change their
passwords, and that administrative intervention is needed to do it?
Perry
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Re: realms...
Posted by Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>.
On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 12:24, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Any hints on how to pick realm names?
Whatever the heck you want. It's just a key to cache credentials on.
It all depends on whether a bunch of repositories are going to share the
same passwd-db or not; the realm should uniquely describe the passwd-db
file, not the repository.
(Actually, I should clarify a wee bit: the cache-key is actually a
combination of (1) the server's hostname, (2) the server's port, and (3)
the realmstring.)
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Re: realms...
Posted by "Perry E. Metzger" <pe...@piermont.com>.
Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net> writes:
> On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 11:38, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> I'm starting to play built in authentication in svnserve a bit.
>>
>> 1) Could someone explain to me what the realms string is actually for?
>
> It's for the client to have a "realm" to grab onto, for caching
> purposes. See the section in chapter 6 that explains client credential
> caching.
Any hints on how to pick realm names?
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Re: realms...
Posted by Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>.
On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 11:38, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> I'm starting to play built in authentication in svnserve a bit.
>
> 1) Could someone explain to me what the realms string is actually for?
It's for the client to have a "realm" to grab onto, for caching
purposes. See the section in chapter 6 that explains client credential
caching.
> 2) Am I correct that there is no protocol for users to change their
> passwords, and that administrative intervention is needed to do it?
Correct.
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