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| <h1 class="Head">Password Management</h1> |
| <p>When creating a repository location, an option is provided at the bottom of |
| the wizard to save the password between sessions. <br> |
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| <p style="text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;"><img alt="Save passwords prompt" src="../images/Image83_cvs_savedpasswords.png"> |
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| <p>In previous releases, passwords were automatically saved between sessions whereas |
| now you have full control over this behavior. There is a caveat to this |
| though - the password file Eclipse uses to save the password between sessions |
| is not very secure. It is difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to |
| read the file and find your passwords. </p> |
| <p>We recommend that, if you have strict security requirements, you <span |
| style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">don't</span> save passwords using |
| this mechanism. Instead, use <a |
| href="tasks-cvs-ssh2.htm">keypair authentication</a> provided by the <em>extssh</em> |
| connection method.</p> |
| <p>You can manage the list of passwords that have been cached via the |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.team.cvs.ui.PasswordManagementPreferencePage)")'> |
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| <span style="font-weight: bold;">Team > CVS > Password Management</span></a> |
| preference page. The page displays the currently saved passwords and allows you to delete |
| them.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" |
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| <a href="tasks-92.htm">Creating a CVS repository location</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-cvs-ssh2.htm">Connecting and configuring CVS with SSH</a><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-26.htm">Team programming with CVS</a> </p> |
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| <a href="../reference/ref-47.htm">CVS</a> </p> |
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