On 15.12.2019 22:49, Barry wrote: > >> On 15 Dec 2019, at 15:29, Branko Čibej <br...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> On 15.12.2019 14:46, Barry Scott wrote: >>> I'm doing some testing and want to test with plaintext passwords. >>> >>> It seems that storing plaintext passwords can be compiled out. Is that why >>> I cannot configure it back on? >> >> https://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.12.html#client-server-improvements > Aha, that explains why it works on some systems with older svn. Been working > on Centos 7 with svn 1.7 for some tests. > >> If you want to use plaintext passwords on disk, you'll have to build >> Subversion from source and explicitly enable that feature. > What had me confused for a while is that if the svn.simple/123... file was > written by an earlier svn then 1.12 with a plaintext password that password > is used with the newer svn versions.
Yes, existing password records are still used, but new ones will not be written by 1.12 and newer versions. -- Brane
