Dave, Realm is a set of documents/URLs protected by the same authentication scheme and backed by the same user registry. You may leave the realm parameter null if you do not know what your authentication realm name is. Null realm basically means any realm. In very security caution applications you should probably avoid sending your credentials to any realm, but if you trust the target host, realm does not really matter too much, if you do not have to authenticate against multiple realms
I am afraid I can't be of any further help, unless I get to see the wirelog on the HTTP session in question. Feel free to strip or obfuscate all the information you deem sensitive: host names, username, passwords, upload file content, etc. I am only interested in request/response headers Oleg On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 23:11, D Alvarado wrote: > I'm pretty sure the authentication is basic. It > is done through the Apache .htaccess and > .htpasswd files. However, I don't have a value > for "realm" and I'm wondering if I need to put a > value there. I'm not even sure what a realm is, > to be honest with you. > > Thanks for your help - Dave > > ---- Begin Original Message ---- > > From: "Kalnichevski, Oleg" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:01:16 -0000 > To: "Commons HttpClient Project" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: I'm a big loser > > > Dave, > > What kind of authentication does the target > server expect: basic|digest|NTLM or form-based? > At the moment it is not quite clear what is going > on on the server side. If you posted a wire log > of the HTTP session that exhibits the problem, I > believe I would be able to tell more. See > HttpClient logging guide for details > <http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/logging.html> > > Oleg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: D Alvarado [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 23:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: I'm a big loser > > > I can't seem to figure out how to POST data to a > page that is protected (puts up a gray box where > you enter the username/password). The code below > is in a servlet running on www.mydomain.com and > submitting to another page also on www.mydomain.com. > > // Create an instance of HttpClient. > HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); > // submit username/password for the gray box. > > client.getState().setAuthenticationPreemptive(true); > UsernamePasswordCredentials creds = new > UsernamePasswordCredentials("username", "password"); > client.getState().setCredentials(null, > request.getServerName(), creds); > > // Now submit this file to the piece that > uploads batch files. > String targetURL = "http://"; + > request.getServerName() + > "/hrw/ecom/HRWImportCOPSData"; > MultipartPostMethod method = new > MultipartPostMethod(targetURL); > method.addParameter("import_file", > completeEcomFile.getName(), completeEcomFile); > method.setDoAuthentication(true); > > but when I try to submit the request using > > statusCode = client.executeMethod(method); > > I repeatedly get the exception "Connection > refused." I'm pretty sure the authentication is > being required by the Apache webserver. Any help > is greatly appreciated - Dave > > > Care2 make the world greener! > Eighty-six nations have signed the international > Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Help get > the U.S. on the list! > http://www.care2.com/go/z/10840/1060 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ---- End Original Message ---- > > > > > Care2 make the world greener! > Eighty-six nations have signed the international Framework Convention on Tobacco > Control. Help get the U.S. on the list! http://www.care2.com/go/z/10840/1060 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
