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Re: LYNX-DEV Proceeding without user/pw auth - Netscape Can, Lynx Can't |
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Wed, 22 Jan 1997 20:02:37 -0500 (EST) |
Tom Zerucha <address@hidden> wrote:
>www.quote.com has a free demo - click on the 5-min chart from netscape,
>and an auth error page comes up, and you can get to the free demo. In
>lynx, it says "can't proceed without authorization".
>
>What follows is the page it comes back with (that lynx doesn't display)
>
>address@hidden
>finger address@hidden for PGP key
>
>HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized
>Server: Netscape-Commerce/1.12
>Date: Tuesday, 21-Jan-97 22:34:58 GMT
>WWW-authenticate: basic realm="Quote.Com"
>Last-modified: Sunday, 12-Jan-97 05:47:56 GMT
>Content-length: 1940
>Content-type: text/html
>
><HTML><HEAD>
><! #INCLUDE FOOTER>
></HEAD><BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">
><A NAME="top"></A>
><HTML><TITLE>Quote.Com Authentication Error</TITLE><BODY>
><center><h1><a href="http://fast.quote.com/fq/quotecom/quote";><font
>size=5>Click Here for Free Services</font></a> </h1>
><h1><a href="http://www.quote.com/bin/activate";><font size=5>Click Here
>for Account Activation</font></a> </h1>
><h1>Authorization Problems </h1>
></center>
> Our server cannot recognize your password and/or login name. The possible
> reasons, and the remedies, are listed below:
><DL><DT><B> You are not a registered user at Quote.com</B>
><DD> In order to use most of our features, you must be a registered user.
> This does not mean that you must pay...we have free subscriptions
>available.
> You may register as a new user and then you may be given access to
>these
> areas. Non-subscribers will still be restricted in the areas which they
>can
> view.
><DT> <B>Your login name is incorrect</B>
><DD> All login names are in lower case. If you
> have tried to type a mixed-case or upper-case login name, please try
>again.
><DT> <B>You have forgotten your password</B>
><DD> We can correct this. Please send a message to
> <A HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</A>
> with your login name and we will send a new password by return email.
><DT> <B>You meant to try the demonstration area</B>
><DD> You may test Quote.com
> without registering. As long as you use the symbol MSFT you will be
>able to do
> just about anything, but you must also use username=<EM>demo</EM> and
> password=<EM>demo</EM>.
><DT><B> Quote.com is having problems of some kind</B>
><DD>Sometimes things don't work perfectly here. If you're sure that you
>have
> the correct login name and password, then perhaps something has gone
>wrong on
> our end. Please send a message to <A
>HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</A>
> and we will try to solve the problem.
></DL>
></BODY></HTML>
I just registered, received the authorization info by email,
followed it's instructions, and its taking my username and password
and letting me in without any problems.
Did you consider the possibilities offered in the 401 message?
It's not using cookies or SSL, so those shouldn't be factors, though
I did have the cookie and SSL support on when I tried it with Lynx.
It's also using "basic" authentication, so the present lack of
"digest" authentication in Lynx shouldn't be a problem (but it will
be, in due time).
Fote
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