--- old/XmlSettingsParser.java  2008-10-16 13:56:58.000000000 -0700
+++ settings/XmlSettingsParser.java     2008-10-15 16:12:06.000000000 -0700
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.apache.ivy.util.Configurator;
 import org.apache.ivy.util.FileResolver;
 import org.apache.ivy.util.Message;
+import org.apache.ivy.util.url.CredentialsStore;
 import org.apache.ivy.util.url.URLHandlerRegistry;
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
@@ -220,7 +221,9 @@
                 macrodefStarted(qName, attributes);
             } else if ("module".equals(qName)) {
                 moduleStarted(attributes);
-            }
+            } else if ( "credentials".equals(qName)) {
+                               credentialsStarted(attributes);
+                       }
         } catch (ParseException ex) {
             SAXException sax = new SAXException("problem in config file: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
             sax.initCause(ex);
@@ -233,6 +236,14 @@
         }
     }
 
+       private void credentialsStarted(Map attributes) {
+               String realm = (String) attributes.remove("realm");
+               String host = (String) attributes.remove("host");
+               String userName = (String) attributes.remove("username");
+               String passwd = (String) attributes.remove("passwd");
+               CredentialsStore.INSTANCE.addCredentials(realm, host, userName, passwd);
+       }
+
     private void moduleStarted(Map attributes) {
         attributes.put(IvyPatternHelper.MODULE_KEY, attributes.remove("name"));
         String resolver = (String) attributes.remove("resolver");