On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I profoundly dislike the Apache/SVN setup, and have said so before. > This is partly because it's another layer of access control complexity > that is orthogonal to the pre-commit or other built-in access > configuration. The other, and more powerful reason, is that Linux and > UNIX clients for Subversion store the passwords, by default, as > plain-text in a well-known location in your home directory. [...] > So wherever feasible, I use svn+ssh.
If I have access to your home directory to see your saved password, wouldn't I also be able to copy your ssh identity just as easily? -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com'