We are experiencing the same behavior. When the credentials are entered from the config page and successfully validated, they are stored in $JENKINS_HOME/jobs/$JOB_NAME/subversion.credentials (or $JENKINS_HOME/hudson.scm.SubversionSCM.xml if you use global credentials)
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <hudson.scm.PerJobCredentialStore> <credentials class="hashtable"> <entry> <string>< https://subversion.xxxxx.com:443> wandisco <https://subversion.xxxxx.com:443>> </string> <hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-DescriptorImpl_-PasswordCredential> <userName>xxxx</userName> <password>yyyy</password> </hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-DescriptorImpl_-PasswordCredential> </entry> </credentials> In our case the issue arises because the stored authentication realm ("wandisco") does not match the realm in the httpd svn DAV and supplied on the 401 response header ("Subversion Repository"). This is why Jenkins cannot find a valid credentials entry (Host + Realm) to try. <Location /svn> DAV svn SVNParentPath /var/svn/repositories SVNListParentPath On SVNReposName "Subversion Repository" AuthType Basic AuthName "Subversion Repository" HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:25:46 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.15 (Red Hat) WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Subversion Repository" Content-Length: 479 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Keep-Alive: timeout=500 Connection: Keep-Alive Now the question is how to resolve (or is this an issue in the Jenkins Subversion Plug-in). Jenkins - 1.480.3 Jenkins Subversion Plug-in - 1.50 ----- Arthur Herman The Home Depot - Information Technology Lead Developer - Application Platforms/Development Tools -- View this message in context: http://jenkins-ci.361315.n4.nabble.com/SVN-Checkout-failing-on-Jenkins-slave-servers-tp4656522p4677232.html Sent from the Jenkins users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.