This system works very well, but when we switched to Windows Vista we started having intermittent issues on various workstations. TortoiseSVN, our svn client of choice, will occasionally fail with an “Unauthorized” error or other similar error message when doing a commit. We noticed that this normally happens during a longer commit, and TortoiseSVN will usually re-prompt for a username/password partway through the commit before failing. I’m not sure why, but sometimes Tortoise will use the Windows user’s credentials to access the repository, but sometimes it will prompt you to enter a username/password. In order to avoid getting the error message, you need to ensure that, if you are prompted to re-enter your username/password, you use the exact same string (matching case) that was used initially. If the strings dont’ match exactly, the commit will fail because it thinks two separate authors are sending the same commit.

I’m mostly posting this for my own reference because I keep forgetting exactly what’s causing this strange problem.

Another key when setting up SVN with LDAP on a Windows domain is to create a group for each user - including all possible permutations of that user’s username

username = DOMAIN\Username, DOMAIN\\Username, Username, DOMAIN\username, DOMAIN\\username, username

MyGroup = @username, @otherusername

[/MyClient/MyProject]
@MyGroup = rw
* =

Comments, suggestions? Let me know. Want to help me out w/ a decent design? Go for it!

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Probably lots of other, better ways around but this is easy enough to remember without needing to search every time.

Pretty sweet that I didn’t post all of 2008 and now I’ve posted two days in a row huh?

I hope to start releasing some simple free apps and maybe even a more complex game or application in the near future. I have a few ideas bouncing around in my head but if you’ve got something in mind that you’d like to see on the iPhone, please drop me a line.

iPhone Programming Resources:

• “The Hillegass Book”: Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X. Not specific to Cocoa Touch, but this is a great introduction to the Objective C language and the Cocoa framework (which is very similar to Cocoa Touch)
• Apple’s iPhone Dev Center has lots of sample code and full documentation of Cocoa Touch and other Apple frameworks
• Jeff LaMarche’s iPhone Development Blog is a great resource and has some interesting OpenGL demos with sample code

I got a new surfboard the other day. I’m looking forward to trying it out, but sadly there are no waves to speak of. It’s a 6′8 bat-tail quad, with an optional center fin so that it can be converted to a thruster. I’ve never surfed a quad but I’m pretty sure I’m going to dig it. The board was shaped by John Reinhard at Uhuru. After surfing a friend’s (very similar) board, I decided to get one for myself. John is a local shaper in the Newport/Costa Mesa area, and I’d highly recommend working with him.

Some pics:

In other news, I’ve been training for the Ironman 70.3 in California for the last six months or so. Triathlon is a pretty fun sport, but unfortunately being a “Clydesdale” (yes, that’s what they call big dudes in the sport) makes it tough. I’ve been working through injuries, first my Achilles and now my knee. I’m not very close to 100% and the race is in a week, so I’m probably not going to set any speed records on the run. After this race is done I’m going to be preparing for the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco. If you’re really interested, you can track my races on Athlinks.

It was a great trip, and the first time I’d been to Europe. Damn, people in Scotland talk really fast. It’s very hard to understand and usually we had to tell people to slow down. The weather was pretty crappy and the main event, the Hogmanay street party, was cancelled due to gale force winds, but we still had a great time. The thing I miss most: the delicious cask ales they serve everywhere.