Thanks for the quick response.

Subversion credential cache is something that is done on the client side.

But we have an issue storing plain text passwords in the “passwd” on the server 
side.
Could you please suggest on it.

Your help will be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Sriharsha

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Sent: 22 August 2023 16:44
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Cc: users@subversion.apache.org
Subject: Re: “passwd” file stores plain text passwords - how to protect it

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Hello,

Since the “passwd” file stores plain text passwords, it is vulnerable for the 
SVN users.
We have not compiled the subversion 1.14.2 with “cyrus SASL” library and hence 
cannot use SASL authentication mechanisms.

Could you please suggest any other alternative to secure the passwd file ?

The following FAQ article on the Subversion website should probably answer your 
questions: https://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#plaintext-passwords

Please note that for Subversion 1.12 until 1.14 the default was to disable the 
plaintext password cache. In Subversion 1.15 the plaintext password cache will 
again be enabled by default.

Kind regards,
Daniel

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