Daniel Shahaf wrote on Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:54 +00:00: > Nathan Hartman wrote on Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:43 +00:00: >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 9:33 AM Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> >> wrote: >> >>> dsahlb...@apache.org wrote on Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 23:39:14 -0000: >>> > A new script to store/update a password in the plain text password store >>> > >>> > * tools/client-side/store-plaintext-password.py >>> > As above >>> > >>> > Discussed on dev@: >>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/jfd0f5n2qpgnyc30dst6ycnkphcwf6mm >>> > >>> > Added: >>> > subversion/trunk/tools/client-side/store-plaintext-password.py >>> (with props) >>> >>> Presumably, now that it's been added, we should link it from somewhere >>> to make it discoverable by users? >> >> >> >> Ah yes, it is on my todo list to link to it from the FAQ [1]. :-) >> >> [1] https://subversion.apache.org/faq.html#plaintext-passwords > > Added to staging in r1902704. Hope you don't mind :) Please take it > from here if you have time. > > Should the entry link to the zsh script > (https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-dev/202008.mbox/%3C20200816130713.6abca815%40tarpaulin.shahaf.local2%3E) > as well, as an alternative? It might be useful for someone if their > environment doesn't have Python installed or if they find the zsh script > easier to audit. >
Also, the zsh script offers the user to select a realm from a list, whereas the python script asks the user to pass the realm in in argv[]. I.e., the zsh script may be easier to use. Incidentally, Daniel, r1902590 needs s/real'/realm'/. Cheers, Daniel > (Well, I suppose it might make more sense to copy the script > somewhere than to link to an immutable archives message with that > subject line.) > > Cheers, > > Daniel
