[R] Password protected R Repository
Hi,
I've set up a very simple R repository. Just a single source
library. Everything works fine. I can install the package on my client
using:
install.packages(repos='http://www.myServer.se/myRepo/',
pkgs='myLib', dep=TRUE)
However, I want to protect the repo, so I use a
.htaccess, placed directly under 'myRepo' on the server. I use
'Authentication Basic' and 'require valid-user'.
I've tried a few
things. From the
obvious:
install.packages(repos=getURL('http://www.myServer.se/myRepo',
userpwd='user:password'), pkgs='myLib', dep=TRUE)
To the more
elaborate:
h
[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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Re: [R] Password protected R Repository
stefan.petersson at inizio.se writes:
Hi,
I've set up a very simple R repository. Just a single source
library. Everything works fine. I can install the package on my client
using:
install.packages(repos='http://www.myServer.se/myRepo/',
pkgs='myLib', dep=TRUE)
However, I want to protect the repo, so I use a
.htaccess, placed directly under 'myRepo' on the server. I use
'Authentication Basic' and 'require valid-user'.
I've tried a few
things. From the
obvious:
install.packages(repos=getURL('http://www.myServer.se/myRepo',
userpwd='user:password'), pkgs='myLib', dep=TRUE)
To the more
elaborate:
h
[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
I add this myself, since some strange 'alternative HTML version deleted' thingy
cut my post short. Here is the rest:
To the more elaborate:
h - getCurlHandle(header = TRUE,
userpwd = user:password,
netrc = TRUE,
followlocation = TRUE
)
install.packages(getURL(http://www.myServer.se/myRepo/;,
verbose = TRUE,
curl = h
),
pkgs='myLib',
dep=TRUE
)
But it's not working. The last call is complaining of a missing index.html. And
if I put one under myRepo, I get connected to that page, but install.packages
can't go further to the src directory on the server. This is what I get:
Installing package(s) into ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning: unable to access index for repository HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:20:25 GMT
Server: Apache
Location: http://www.myServer.se/myRepo/
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 235
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:20:25 GMT
Server: Apache
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 208
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN
htmlhead
title403 Forbidden/title
/headbody
h1Forbidden/h1
pYou don't have permission to access /smisc/
on this server./p
/body/html
/src/contrib
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
package ‘smisc’ is not available (for R version 2.13.1)
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Re: [R] Password protected R Repository
Who said that RCurl::getURL worked with install.packages?
(At least, I assume this is from RCurl: you did not mention it.)
install.packages() first calls available.packages(), and that uses
download.file to get the PACKAGES[.gz] file. It then calls
download.file to get the packages.
So please read the help for download.file (as the help pages say), and
try the solutions described there.
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Stefan Petersson wrote:
stefan.petersson at inizio.se writes:
Hi,
I've set up a very simple R repository. Just a single source
library. Everything works fine. I can install the package on my client
using:
install.packages(repos='http://www.myServer.se/myRepo/',
pkgs='myLib', dep=TRUE)
However, I want to protect the repo, so I use a
.htaccess, placed directly under 'myRepo' on the server. I use
'Authentication Basic' and 'require valid-user'.
I've tried a few
things. From the
obvious:
*None* of this is 'obvious', and none of it is reproducible.
install.packages(repos=getURL('http://www.myServer.se/myRepo',
userpwd='user:password'), pkgs='myLib', dep=TRUE)
To the more
elaborate:
h
[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
I add this myself, since some strange 'alternative HTML version deleted' thingy
cut my post short. Here is the rest:
To the more elaborate:
h - getCurlHandle(header = TRUE,
userpwd = user:password,
netrc = TRUE,
followlocation = TRUE
)
install.packages(getURL(http://www.myServer.se/myRepo/;,
verbose = TRUE,
curl = h
),
pkgs='myLib',
dep=TRUE
)
But it's not working. The last call is complaining of a missing index.html. And
if I put one under myRepo, I get connected to that page, but install.packages
can't go further to the src directory on the server. This is what I get:
Installing package(s) into ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning: unable to access index for repository HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:20:25 GMT
Server: Apache
Location: http://www.myServer.se/myRepo/
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 235
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:20:25 GMT
Server: Apache
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 208
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN
htmlhead
title403 Forbidden/title
/headbody
h1Forbidden/h1
pYou don't have permission to access /smisc/
on this server./p
/body/html
/src/contrib
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
package ‘smisc’ is not available (for R version 2.13.1)
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Re: [R] Password protected R Repository
Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk writes: Who said that RCurl::getURL worked with install.packages? (At least, I assume this is from RCurl: you did not mention it.) install.packages() first calls available.packages(), and that uses download.file to get the PACKAGES[.gz] file. It then calls download.file to get the packages. So please read the help for download.file (as the help pages say), and try the solutions described there. On Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Stefan Petersson wrote: The helpfiles for 'download.file' was not that helpful. But maybe it's just me not being able to read them correctly. I tried to call install.packages with the 'method=wget', and hoped for a username and password dialog. But no luck. Other than that, I see no arguments that relates to my problem under ?download.file. Which btw is 'installing an R library from a password protected URL (Apache Basic Authentication)'. Actually, nobody said that RCurl::getURL would work with install.packages, but from what was written in a post somewhere I jumped to the (false) conclusion that it would work. That's why I tried it. Any hints would be greatly appreciated! __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Password protected R Repository
On 28.09.2011 15:51, Stefan Petersson wrote: Prof Brian Ripleyripleyat stats.ox.ac.uk writes: Who said that RCurl::getURL worked with install.packages? (At least, I assume this is from RCurl: you did not mention it.) install.packages() first calls available.packages(), and that uses download.file to get the PACKAGES[.gz] file. It then calls download.file to get the packages. So please read the help for download.file (as the help pages say), and try the solutions described there. On Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Stefan Petersson wrote: The helpfiles for 'download.file' was not that helpful. But maybe it's just me not being able to read them correctly. Yes, looks like this is the case. I tried to call install.packages with the 'method=wget', and hoped for a username and password dialog. But no luck. The help page says if proper values are stored in the configuration file for wget, so why do you expect a dialog? Best, Uwe Ligges Other than that, I see no arguments that relates to my problem under ?download.file. Which btw is 'installing an R library from a password protected URL (Apache Basic Authentication)'. Actually, nobody said that RCurl::getURL would work with install.packages, but from what was written in a post somewhere I jumped to the (false) conclusion that it would work. That's why I tried it. Any hints would be greatly appreciated! __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Password protected R Repository
The helpfiles for 'download.file' was not that helpful. But maybe it's just me not being able to read them correctly. Yes, looks like this is the case. I tried to call install.packages with the 'method=wget', and hoped for a username and password dialog. But no luck. The help page says if proper values are stored in the configuration file for wget, so why do you expect a dialog? Best, Uwe Ligges Well, I expect a dialog because when I use (for example) ncftp without a conf file, I get a dialog asking me for site, usr and pwd. For me, not being a black belt R user, it's not so strange expecting a dialog of some kind when a usr/pwd is required. But maybe that's just me... And I misunderstood the helpfile. I thought it referred to proxy servers alone, and that it didn't concern Apache Authentication. My error. Thanks for clearing that up. My misunderstanding - Method ‘wget’ can be used with proxy firewalls which require user/password authentication if proper values are stored in the configuration file for ‘wget’. So, I added 'http_user=usr' and 'http_passwd=pwd' to my /etc/wgetrc and run: install.packages(repos='http://www.myServer.se/myRepo/', method='wget', pkgs='myLib', dep=TRUE) Bob is my uncle! __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
