Hi Steve, Glad to have been useful (and to know it is not just me)!
Unfortunately I have not managed to get to the bottom of how or why subversion <-> httpd is mangling the password and what (if anything) subversion (or neon or serf?) could change to fix this... ~ mark c > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Flowers [mailto:sflowe...@gmail.com] > Sent: 26 April 2012 12:27 > To: Cooke, Mark > Cc: users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: Tortoise SVN unable to authenticate password > > Hello Mark, > > I did indeed have the "£" character in my new password, removing this > has solved the problem and I can now acces the SVN repository again. > Many thanks for your very prompt help! > > Steve > > > On 26/04/2012 12:02, Cooke, Mark wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Stephen Flowers [mailto:sflowe...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: 26 April 2012 11:56 > >> To: users@subversion.apache.org > >> Subject: Tortoise SVN unable to authenticate password > >> > >> Ever since I changed my password Tortoise SVN will not > authenticate. > >> Even though I can browse the repository through a web browser > >> with the > >> new password fine, TSVN will not authenticate it. We use the "free" > >> version of Visual SVN server and TSVN 1.7.6. SVN Server > is accessed > >> through https. > >> > >> I tried a re-install of TSVN. I tried clearing the stored password > >> cache with no luck. Other users dont seem to have a problem > >> logging in on my machine, but I cannot log in on anyone elses. > >> > >> Any idea? > > Hello, > > > > I have had a recent thread about such a problem (stretching > back over the last year):- > > > > http://subversion.markmail.org/thread/q57ffzbhrdv6ydhp > > > > My problem seems to be related to specific characters in > the password being mangled by subversion when being passed to > the server that the browser manages to pass fine. So far I > have positively identified the `£` character as an issue. > Could this be your problem? Can you change your password to > something as ASCII as possible and try again? > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > ~ mark c > >
