[TSVN and svn 1.8.0] Cannot Digest Authenticate.

["Camilo S. Tsumanuma" <ve...@veriwell.com.br>]

Hi Dear Subversion Users Forum,

I compiled subversion 1.8.0 in CentOS 6.4 using
http://comments.gman​e.org/gmane.comp.ver​sion-control.subvers​ 
ion.user/113594
as guideline.

I just used my own previous Apache Server configuration of
Digest Authentication for WebDav SVN but it failed
like described in Discussion Topic of TortoiseSVN Users Forum
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=3058687.

I cannot update, commit or checkout a working copy because
I cannot authenticate. The 1.8.0 SVN clients repeatdly asks for 
username/password.
It seems to be related to serf library at client side and may be HTTPS 
simultaneously.

The Server seems to be very OK.
Because I can Digest authenticate to the 1.8.0 Server using browser like
Firefox, IE or Chrome and also with TortoiseSVN 1.7.13.

Can you please help me with this?

Should I open a new issue?

Is this a known bug?

I could find some discussion about serf 1.2.0 blocking 1.8.0 SVN release 
because
of Digest Authentication. But I could not track if the used 1.2.1 serf 
library in
1.8.0 clients really solves the issue, and I don't know if I found a new 
bug.

I can Basic authenticate using both 1.7.13 and 1.8.0 clients to
the same server/repository/HTTPS using alternative URL/Apache <Location>.

Thank you in advance,
Camilo

RE: [TSVN and svn 1.8.0] Cannot Digest Authenticate.

[Bert Huijben <be...@qqmail.nl>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Camilo S. Tsumanuma [mailto:veriwell@veriwell.com.br]
> Sent: vrijdag 21 juni 2013 16:22
> To: users@subversion.apache.org
> Subject: [TSVN and svn 1.8.0] Cannot Digest Authenticate.
> 
> Hi Dear Subversion Users Forum,
> 
> I compiled subversion 1.8.0 in CentOS 6.4 using
> http://comments.gman​e.org/gmane.comp.ver​sion-control.subvers​
> ion.user/113594
> as guideline.
> 
> I just used my own previous Apache Server configuration of
> Digest Authentication for WebDav SVN but it failed
> like described in Discussion Topic of TortoiseSVN Users Forum
> http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMess
> ageId=3058687.

What setting does your apache use for KeepAlive?

Currently serf doesn't support digest authentication with KeepAlive off (which will be fixed with Serf 1.3.0, which should be available before Subversion 1.8.1)

Subversion performs much better to servers with keep alive enabled and the difference will be even better if you allow a huge number of requests on one connection. (The Subversion 1.7 release notes recommend a maximum setting of at least 1000)

Without keep alives a new http or https connection has to be setup for every request, while with keep alives a single connection can not only handle multiple requests after another, but also multiple requests at the same time.

	Bert