Re: SUGGESTION: New feature for LYNX

[Frank Altpeter - IS Internet Services]

Hello Al Gilman !

I'm responding to <address@hidden>,
that you wrote on Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 06:59:02PM -0400:

> Lynx will already honor user:address@hidden in URLs.
Sorry, but i have tested it with Lynx Version 2.8rel.2 (1998)
And i get username and password questioned.

> Best practice is to put the username in the URL without a
> password, and Lynx will query you interactively for the password.
> This works for HTTP basic security and for ftp.
I tried this, too, and it doesn't work, too.
In -trace mode, i saw the following: (user/pass changed to "dummy/foobar")
Same result i get when setting username:address@hidden in bookmark file.

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address@hidden:~] lynx -trace http://dummy:address@hidden/ 2>/tmp/lynxtrace

LYNX_SIG_FILE set to '/home/freddy/.lynxsig'
Loading cfg file '/usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg'.
HTMLDTD: Copying DTD element info of size 5192, 118 * 44
ProcessMailcapFile: Loading file '/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mailcap'.
ProcessMailcapFile: Could not open '/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mailcap'.
ProcessMailcapFile: Loading file '/home/freddy/.mailcap'.
ProcessMailcapFile: Could not open '/home/freddy/.mailcap'.
HTFormat: Looking up presentation for text/plain to www/present
FindPresentation: found exact match: text/plain
HTFormat: Looking up presentation for text/html to www/present
FindPresentation: found exact match: text/html
HTFileInit: Loading default (HTInit) extension maps.
HTLoadExtensionsConfigFile: Loading file '/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mime.types'.
HTLoadExtensionsConfigFile: Could not open '/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mime.types'.
HTLoadExtensionsConfigFile: Loading file '/home/freddy/.mime.types'.
HTLoadExtensionsConfigFile: Could not open '/home/freddy/.mime.types'.
HTParse: aName:http://localhost/   relatedName:
1
HTParse: result:http://localhost/
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
1
HTParse: result:http://dummy:address@hidden/
LYMain.c: User in Local domain
Window size changed from (24,80) to (25,80)
Entering mainloop, startfile=http://dummy:address@hidden/
getfile: getting http://dummy:address@hidden/

HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:dummy:address@hidden

HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:
Entered HTAnchor_findAddress
New anchor 0x814b6c8 has hash 13 and address `http://dummy:address@hidden/'
HTAccess: loading document http://dummy:address@hidden/
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:file:
HTParse: result:http
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:dummy:address@hidden
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:http
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:dummy:address@hidden
Looking up watchdog.maz.net.
HTParseInet: Parsed address as port 80, IP address 194.163.252.3
Making HTTP connection to watchdog.maz.net.
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
1
HTParse: result:/
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:dummy:address@hidden
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
1
HTParse: result:/
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
1
HTParse: result:
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:dummy:address@hidden
LYCookie: Searching for 'dummy:0', '/'.
Composing Authorization for dummy:0/
HTAASetup_lookup: No template matched `' (so probably not protected)
HTTP: Not sending authorization (yet).
Writing:
GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: dummy:address@hidden
Accept: text/html, text/plain, text/sgml, */*;q=0.01
Accept-Encoding: gzip, compress
Accept-Language: en
Negotiate: trans
User-Agent: Lynx/2.8rel.2 libwww-FM/2.14

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Sending HTTP request.
HTTP: WRITE delivered OK
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
HTTP: Trying to read 1023
HTTP: Read 536
Read 536 bytes of data.
HTTP: Rx: HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required 
HTTP: Scanned 2 fields from line_buffer
--- Talking HTTP1.
Server reply header lines:
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:04:28 GMT
Server: Apache/1.2.0
WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="IS Support"
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
make_template: made template `*' for file `'

Alert!: Access without authorization denied -- retrying

HTTP: close socket 3 to retry with Access Authorization
Retrying with access authorization information.
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:dummy:address@hidden
Looking up watchdog.maz.net.
HTParseInet: Parsed address as port 80, IP address 194.163.252.3
Making HTTP connection to watchdog.maz.net.
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
1
HTParse: result:/
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:dummy:address@hidden
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
1
HTParse: result:/
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
1
HTParse: result:
HTParse: aName:http://dummy:address@hidden/   relatedName:
HTParse: result:dummy:address@hidden
LYCookie: Searching for 'dummy:0', '/'.
Composing Authorization for dummy:0/
compose_auth_string: realm: `IS Support' not found -- creating
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Hope this helps,

        Frank Altpeter

-- 
"ftp://ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-postel-iana-itld-admin-01.
txt
-- "Dann kann ich ja bald 'address@hidden' heissen."
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