HTTP authentication and PUT

• From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
• Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:44:28 -0500 (EST)
• To: www-amaya@w3.org
• Message-ID: <20011031104418.A17643@mnot.net>

Amaya 5.2 (GTK) seems to have a bug regarding using HTTP PUT for
publication, in conjunction with Basic authentication.

When I try to save (PUT) a page that has authentication enabled (in
Apache):

  EnablePut On
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Publishing"
  AuthUserFile [...]
  AuthGroupFile [...]
  <Limit PUT>
    require valid-user
  </Limit>

Amaya doesn't complete the save, and complains of 'error -1'.
However, when the limitation of PUT is removed (so that the page is
authenticated when first GET), it saves just fine.

In other words, a PUT operation doesn't seem to be able to
instantiate the authentication dialogue.

Anyone else seen this?

-- 
Mark Nottingham
http://www.mnot.net/
 

Received on Monday, 5 November 2001 06:44:45 UTC