Miklos Vajna wrote:
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 01:00:54AM +0200, Jürgen Mangler <juergen.mangler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
it is working without a:b@ part, but ~/.netrc instead
:-(, is it possible without .netrc
I thought questions have question marks. ;-)
Explanation 1: I wrote it to IRC and then thought maybe crossposting to
the list would be no bad idea. On IRC i was not using question marks,
mail was just copying the lines, forgot to add question marks.
Explanation 2: its not questions but accusations! *fg*
Anyway, what is the advantage of not using a ~/.netrc?
It's mentioned on several occations that it is not necessary (e.g.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt)
The advantages for me would be:
a) I have multiple different passwords on the same server for different
directories, it's not possible to put this to a netrc (AS FAR AS I
KNOW). So i have to edit the netrc for every push, clone, ... -> very
inconvenient
b) secondly (maybe not a super valid argument for you): netrc is not
considered to be the most secure thing, isn't it? Our network is invaded
every year "tested" by thousands of computer science students, so i
always try to have as few plain-text passwords as possible lying around
(one never knows - yes netrc has 0600).
i'd also prefer not to use the user:pass@server schema, but to be asked,
to not show pass in the history and config file in .git although even
user:pass@server would be an advantage because it solves a).
Jürgen
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