Index: src/main/java/hudson/scm/SubversionSCM.java
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--- src/main/java/hudson/scm/SubversionSCM.java	(revision 34501)
+++ src/main/java/hudson/scm/SubversionSCM.java	(working copy)
@@ -51,12 +51,14 @@
 import hudson.model.Run;
 import hudson.model.Node;
 import hudson.model.Computer;
+import hudson.model.User;
 import hudson.model.Hudson.MasterComputer;
 import hudson.remoting.Callable;
 import hudson.remoting.DelegatingCallable;
 import hudson.remoting.Channel;
 import hudson.remoting.VirtualChannel;
 import hudson.scm.subversion.Messages;
+import hudson.security.Permission;
 import hudson.triggers.SCMTrigger;
 import hudson.util.EditDistance;
 import hudson.util.IOException2;
@@ -1686,8 +1688,10 @@
          */
         // TODO: stapler should do multipart/form-data handling 
         public void doPostCredential(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp) throws IOException, ServletException {
-            Hudson.getInstance().checkPermission(Hudson.ADMINISTER);
-
+            
+        	User user = Hudson.getInstance().getUser(Hudson.getAuthentication().getName());
+        	user.checkPermission(Permission.CONFIGURE);
+        	
             MultipartFormDataParser parser = new MultipartFormDataParser(req);
 
             // we'll record what credential we are trying here.
@@ -1709,7 +1713,7 @@
                 upc.close();
             }
         }
-
+        
         public void postCredential(String url, String username, String password, File keyFile, PrintWriter logWriter) throws SVNException, IOException {
             postCredential(url,new UserProvidedCredential(username,password,keyFile),logWriter);
         }