[p4] P4win and eclipse recently started prompting for login password

[Mark Evans]

I had this same issue (regarless of using Eclipse) when upgrading the
server from 2003 to 2006.1.  There is a new ticket-based
authentication feature that uses tickets as default (with a 12-hour
expiration).  Users who have their password set in a file where the
P4CONFIG variable was pointing were getting prompted for their
password.

By doing a 'p4 logout' I was able to resolve this issue.  It returns
to using the previous authentication method.

There may be a more elegant solution, but this did the trick for me.


On 5/31/07, Karr, David <david.karr at wamu.net> wrote:
> For the longest time, I used p4win and the p4 plugin in Eclipse, without
> having to reenter my p4 password each time I started up.  In my client
> views, I have ".p4env" files with the relevant properties, including the
> P4PASSWD property.  I have the env var "P4CONFIG" set to ".p4env".  I
> believe that's what's required to allow me to not have to enter my
> password each time.  A few weeks ago, after something obviously changed
> (it might have been a p4 server upgrade), whenever I startup p4win or
> eclipse, it asks me for my p4 password.  My p4 server version string is
> "P4D/NTX86/2006.1/108384 (2006/10/05)".
>
> What's likely to have caused this change in behavior?
>
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