如何以NT AUTHORITY \\ SYSTEM连接到svn？

Question

I have a service running at local system account (NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM). This service shall connect to local subversion repository. Is this possible?

I tried this

svn export --non-interactive http://localhost/svn/MyRepository TargetFolder

but it does not work. As far as I know I cannot set any password for "NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM". I don't like to use my personal account and put my password there as clear text.

My SVN runs on VisualSVN-Server

Answer 1

You should never use SYSTEM account for such tasks for numerous security reasons. Create and use a dedicated local Windows or Active Directory account with limited permissions.

Answer 2

Setting up the cached authentication credentials for the System user requires running an svn.exe command as the System user. Windows Vista+/Server 2008+ doesn't make that easy.

1. ​Install psexec from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec
2. Start an elevated cmd.exe as Administrator.
3. Run "psexec -i -s cmd.exe".
4. A new cmd.exe should appear which is running as the System user.
5. Type whoami. Verify the output reads something like "nt authority\\system".
6. Perform a subversion command like "svn --username your-svn-user list your-https-repo-url".​
7. When prompted by svn.exe, enter the password for your-svn-user.
8. ​The "svn auth" command allows you to examine the cached credentials.

Note if a new SSL certificate is installed on the Subversion server, you'll have to repeat this process.

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