Dave,
What is the error message in the jetspeed.log?
Paul Spencer
"Jakopac, Dave" wrote:
>
> I've figured out how to do this in plain Java:
>
> userpass = "myusername:mypassword";
> auth = "Basic "
> + new
> sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode(userpass.getBytes());
> URL myUrl = new URL(urlstring);
> URLConnection myUrlConnection = myurl.openConnection();
>
> myUrlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization",
> auth);
>
> (Yuk! Why doesn't the JDK support the full HTTP protocol, including
> putting this authentication in the URL?)
>
> So how do I create my own portlet (a subclass of WebPagePortlet or of
> FileWatchPortlet) that sets the Authorization request before the URL is
> read from? I'm worried that if I just put it after the URL( url
> ).openStream() in getURL() of WebPagePortlet that I might be trying to
> authenticate against a cached webpage. Any pointers would be
> appreciated.
>
> --dave
>
> P.S. Am I the only one trying to open a portlet to a (semi-) secure
> site?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jakopac, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 8:31 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: Can't seem to use
> > myusername:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in
> > a WebPagePortlet url
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm using JDK 1.2.2.
> >
> > --dave
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Santiago Gala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 2:06 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Can't seem to use
> > > myusername:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in
> > > a WebPagePortlet url
> > >
> > >
> > > David Jakopac wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I've searched both the users and developer jetspeed mailing
> > > lists for
> > > > this. I've also looked at the urlmanager/*.java source. Sorry in
> > > > advance if I missed something.
> > > >
> > > > I'm using the nightly build of 1.3a2-dev-war from Oct 2. I want a
> > > > WebPagePortlet to access a website using a URL containing a
> > > username
> > > > and password. In other words, I want to use the following
> > > URL in the
> > > > <url>:
> > > >
> > > > http://myusername:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/mypage.html
> > > >
> > > > I get a 401 HTTP response from the www.mydomain.com server,
> > > but if I
> > > > copy and paste the same URL in a browser it works fine.
> > > > (www.mydomain.com is served by an Apache server.)
> > > >
> > > > I've also tried:
> > > >
> > > > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/mypage.html
> > > >
> > > > with the same results (works from a browser, but not a jetspeed
> > > > WebPagePortlet). Escaping the "@" doesn't work anywhere,
> > of course.
> > > >
> > > > Any pointers to existing documentation on how to do this would be
> > > > appreciated. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Which jdk are you using? I'm not sure, but it should work.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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