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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Bug#2271: Browser and Proxy server expecting authentication
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-11-10 20:15:56
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On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 12:48:52PM -0500, Dawit Alemayehu wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Parag Warudkar wrote:
> > Package: kfm
> > Version: 1.167.2.21
> > 
> > The Options->Configure Browser menu has no setting to enter username and
> > password if in case a proxy server accepts authentication. (Like mine).
> > When I enter available settings (Server name and port) and try to access
> > web I get an error File does not exist or Access denied. (That is due to
> > authentication failure) Is there any way to handle this?  Netscape also
> > doesnt have Username/Password setting but it pops an dialog asking me
> > for Username and password. I suggest you either add a username/password
> > field or handle it when the proxy server asks for authentication just
> > like netscape.
> >
> > Parag Warudkar.
> 
> This will be be changed in konqueror.  In the meantime as a work around you
> can try the following.  When you enter the settings for the server name,
> include your name and password
> 
> http://username:password@hostname
> 
> NOTE: As you can see the password will be in plain text so there is a greater
> security risk ... 

If that's the only problem, use http://username@hostname and it will prompt
for the password.

But if I understand this correctly, it's a problem of authentifying oneself to 
the PROXY, not to the web server, and this is not implemented.

-- 
David FAURE
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