[jira] Commented: (MRELEASE-340) Don't store the scm password in plaintext in release.properties

["Benjamin Bentmann (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

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Benjamin Bentmann commented on MRELEASE-340:
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Not sure since when but recent versions of the plugin support to read the credentials from the {{settings.xml}}, using the host name part of the SCM URL as the id to locate a {{<server>}} entry. AFAICT, this approach doesn't leak the passwords into the {{release.properties}}.

> Don't store the scm password in plaintext in release.properties
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MRELEASE-340
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-340
>             Project: Maven 2.x Release Plugin
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: scm
>            Reporter: Nap Ramirez
>            Priority: Minor
>
> The scm password is stored in plaintext in release.properties file.  I think it would be safe not to save it there, then always prompt the user for the password every time.

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