Recover SVN password from local cache

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is there a way to recover a password from local cache  The password has to be stored somewhere because I can run  svn co http   my svn server foo   but I ve lost the password it self  Do I have to reset it or is it possible  and how  to find and decrypt the password  I m using mostly CLI SVN on windows  sometimes switching to TortoiseSVN or IntelliJ Idea SVN

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Your SVN passwords in Ubuntu  12 04  are in      subversion auth svn simple    However in newer versions they are encrypted  as earlier someone mentioned  To find gnome-keyring passwords  I suggest You to use  gkeyring  program   To install it on Ubuntu     add repository    sudo add-apt-repository ppa kampka ppa sudo apt-get update   Install it   sudo apt-get install gkeyring   And run as following   gkeyring --id 15 --output name secret   Try different key ids to find pair matching what you are looking for  Thanks to kampka for the soft

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On Windows  Subversion stores the auth data in  APPDATA  Subversion auth  The passwords however are stored encrypted  not in plaintext   You can decrypt those  but only if you log in to Windows as the same user for which the auth data was saved   Someone even wrote a tool to decrypt those  Never tried the tool myself so I don t know how well it works  but you might want to try it anyway   http   www leapbeyond com ric TSvnPD   Update  In TortoiseSVN 1 9 and later  you can do it without any additional tools   Settings Dialog -  Saved Data  then click the  Clear     button right of the text  Authentication Data   A new dialog pops up  showing all stored authentication data where you can chose which one s  to clear  Instead of clearing  hold down the Shift and Ctrl button  and then double click on the list  A new column is shown in the dialog which shows the password in clear

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In    subversion auth svn simple  you should find a file with a long hexadecimal name  The password is in there in plaintext   If there is more than one file you ll need to find that one that references the server you need the password for

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Just use this this decrypter to decrypt your locally cached username  amp  password      By default  TortoiseSVN stores your cached credentials inside files in the  APPDATA  Subversion auth svn simple directory  The passwords are encrypted using the Windows Data Protection API  with a key tied to your user account  This tool reads the files and uses the API to decrypt your passwords   svn password decryptor

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For those interested in the OS X solution for apps like Intelli-J where authorizations are stored by OSX    Hit CMD SPACE Type  keychain  Open keychain access Under  Keychains  on the left  choose  login  Under  Category  on the right  choose  All items  At the top right in the search box  type in the the host URL  e g  svn mycompany com  Your keychain item will show if you chose to have your Mac remember your login credentials  Double click the item and check the  Show password  checkbox at the bottom of the dialog that pops up  You will have to enter your Mac login to reveal the password    Much easier than having to try to decrypt a password  -

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