HTTP Digest Authentication Problems (K 3.2.3/Apache 2.0.50)

[Waldo Bastian]

On Saturday 21 August 2004 16:53, Stephen Hildrey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using HTTP digest authentication on various parts of my web servers,
> using mod_auth_digest in Apache 2.
>
> Until now, I've been accessing the sites using Firefox and IE, but now
> I'm trying to get it working using Konqueror (for that warm, fuzzy,
> integrated-into-KDE feeling).
>
> I expect it to work first time and, from what I can gather, digest
> authentication has been supported in Konqueror for some time now. The
> trouble is, it doesn't work - entering the user name and password just
> results in the "Authentication failed! Retry?" dialogue. The exact same
> URL/user/password combination works fine in Firefox and IE, and there
> are no proxies etc involved.
>
> Sniffing the HTTP shows me that the server is sending the
> "WWW-Authenticate: Digest" header, but that Konqueror is not replying
> with any sort of authentication - which I find intriguing.

*update CVS*

Works just fine here :-)

> I've set up a test URL which is using digest authentication:
> http://www.uptime.org.uk/authtest/ user:foo pass:bar. I can't get that
> to work in Konqueror, but it works fine in IE/Firefox. If you can get it
> working using Konqueror, I'd like to know ;-)
>
> I'd be very grateful to anybody who can shed light on this problem,

Konqueror failed to pars the 
	domain="/authtest/ http://www.uptime.org.uk/authtest/"
part correctly. 

If you only specify one domain Konqueror will understand it.

Fixed for KDE 3.3.1. 

Cheers,
Waldo
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