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Sam Lown commented on COUCHDB-649: ---------------------------------- I too am having this issue. It appears that the browser is not receiving the Authorisation header and simply ignores any user name or password provided in the URL. > Users are unable to login to futon when require_valid_user is set to true > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: COUCHDB-649 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-649 > Project: CouchDB > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Futon > Reporter: Ben Schwarz > Assignee: Chris Anderson > Priority: Minor > > Using basic auth to login to futon doesn't work. A cookie is required. > This presents an annoying / difficult user experience. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.