Some clients (in fact, all I've tried, aside from curl and gsconfig.py where
I had to put in some custom code for it) will not send user/passwd
information unless the server requests it (by returning a 401 Login Required
response to the initial HTTP request.) By default, GeoServer will not send
this, but you can configure it to use Challenge mode for authentication
instead. See the mode= section of the security docs for details:
http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/security/sec_layer.html#syntax
Hope this helps.
--
David Winslow
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Arnaud Vandecasteele <[email protected]
> wrote:
> Just to be sure about the WMS restriction I've made a quick test :
>
> - 2 layers can be accessed by anybody
> - 2 others are protected by a password (Data Security)
>
> When I try to read (in WMS) them from QGIS the only one I can see are
> the none restricted layers. The others doesn't appear in the list even
> if I set a correct user/password in the settings.
>
> So my question is : With Geoserver is it possible to provide a WMS
> service where some data will be protected and some others not ?
>
> Also you (David) said that I could use OpenLayers. But in my OL code
> where I must specified the user/pwd of the user ? I must do before an
> authentication form isn't it ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Arnaud
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Arnaud Vandecasteele
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> you could
> >> look into some security system which works "a layer above" the client,
> such
> >> as putting geoserver behind a VPN or an HTTP proxy which restricts
> access
> >> based on IP address, etc.
> >
> > I think I will do that I haven't got another option.
> >
> > Thank you David and Ronoel for your help.
> >
> > Arnaud
> >
>
>
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