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Re: Implement --password option for git svn perl script

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Frank Li <lznuaa@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2010, 09:18 UTC
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<1976ea661002020118n2b86844k47a1064c028f439f@mail.gmail.com>
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> Having a --password option in the command line could work, but it's
> painfully insecure if there's any way for another regular user to view
> the process table.  Not something I'd like to encourage...
>
Yes, it is insecure. "--password" seam undocumented.
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> Since SVN already caches passwords in a mostly secure location on disk
> (at least on *nix), shouldn't git svn be able to use the password cache
> SVN uses?
>
> --
> Eric Wong
>
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Message 9 of 14 in “Implement --password option for git svn perl script”
  1. Laszlo PappJan 29, 2010
  2. Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)Laszlo Papp, Jan 29, 2010
  3. Frank LiJan 29, 2010
  4. Laszlo PappFeb 1, 2010
  5. Tay Ray ChuanFeb 2, 2010
  6. Frank LiFeb 2, 2010
  7. Laszlo PappFeb 2, 2010
  8. Eric WongFeb 2, 2010
  9. Frank LiFeb 2, 2010
  10. Laszlo PappFeb 2, 2010
  11. Frank LiFeb 2, 2010
  12. Laszlo PappFeb 4, 2010
  13. Steve DiverFeb 5, 2010
  14. Laszlo PappFeb 8, 2010

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