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Bug 604179 - http authentication: message not shown
http authentication: message not shown
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Interface
2.29.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-12-09 14:28 UTC by chrysn
Modified: 2010-02-04 22:05 UTC
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Description chrysn 2009-12-09 14:28:22 UTC 
epiphany 2.29.3 does not show the authentication message sent by the server when asking for http creditentials.

this is an inconvenience in many cases but critical if the site leaves a hint at them in the message (e.g., as a spam countermeasure -- try logging in to http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/, don't enter creditentials in the form, just wait for the popup. it should say "MusicBrainz Wiki: please login in with username 'mbwiki', password 'mbwiki", but doesn't in epiphany)
Comment 1 Reinout van Schouwen 2009-12-18 20:58:45 UTC 
I don't see any popups on that site. Could you be a bit more specific on how to reproduce the bug please? Thanks!
Comment 2 chrysn 2009-12-19 14:08:04 UTC 
to see the popup, try to login (eg, go to http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=Main_Page) and submit the html form without entering any creditentials.

same goes, for example, for the http login demo page at http://jdoe.corp.he.net/info/htaccess/example/restricted.html, where it should say "ExampleMultipleUsers" (it's not as critical there, but the behavior is the same)
Comment 3 Reinout van Schouwen 2009-12-19 16:32:17 UTC 
Agreed, we shouldn't discard messages from the server in this case. Chromium does it right, btw.
Comment 4 José Millán Soto 2010-01-27 18:25:07 UTC 
Patch submitted to WebKit Bugzilla:
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34219
Comment 5 Xan Lopez 2010-02-04 22:05:22 UTC 
Closing since this is a WebKitGTK+ bug.