# Capistrano retaining deployment subversion account **URL:** \ **Category:** Deployment\ **Created:** [November 2, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-retaining-deployment-subversion-account/119019 "2007-11-02T07:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robby247365](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@robby247365](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robby247365)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-retaining-deployment-subversion-account/119019/1 "2007-11-02T07:36:11Z")
Hey all, I’m having an issue where I’m deploying with a subversion username that doesn’t match my local username and it ends up being retained. For example, let’s say that I have two accounts… robby and deployer. I’ve defined the svn user in deploy.rb accordingly to set deployer as the svn username for deployments. When I’m working on the project, I make commits as robby. Now… when I got to deploy to the remote servers, it appears to perform some svn actions on my workstation before connecting to the remote server and doing it’s thing. Once this happens, subversion retains the ‘deployer’ user account so that when I go to make another commit, it’s trying to use that account and not robby. Is there a way to either a) not have it use ‘deployer’ locally or b) have it not retain this during the svn call? I see this as being valuable for people are practicing safe deployments with a svn account that only has checkout/export capabilities. Thanks in advance for any assistance! Cheers, Robby – Robby R. Founder and Executive Director PLANET ARGON, LLC Design, Development, and Hosting with Ruby on Rails > **[Planet Argon](https://www.planetargon.com/)** > > Planet Argon is a Ruby on Rails development agency specializing in maintenance and support for existing Rails apps. Based in Portland, OR, Planet Argon has been a member of the Rails community since 2004. [http://www.robbyonrails.com/](http://www.robbyonrails.com/) +1 503 445 2457 +1 877 55 ARGON [toll free] +1 815 642 4068 [fax]