Subversion ignoring “--password” and “--username” options

Question

When I try to do any svn command and supply the --username and/or --password options, it prompts me for my password anyways, and always will attemp

Answer 1

I had this same issue and solved it by setting up my ~/.ssh/config file to explicitly use the correct username (i.e. the one you use to login to the server, not your local machine). So, for example:

Host server.hostname
  User username

I found this blog post helpful: http://www.highlevelbits.com/2007/04/svn-over-ssh-prompts-for-wrong-username.html