Nic Ferrier wrote:
> Balogh Andras wrote:
> >The http authentication is valid for the curent session only ( i
> think).
> >I am sure if the browser is closed the authorization box will be
> shown
> >again.
>
> Yes. That's true.
>
Agreed.
<snip>
>
> If the server wishes to do invalidate the authentication it just
> returns a NOT-Authenticated response to the client.
>
> You can find the response code in HttpServiceResponse.
>
Sending that response brings up "Authorization failed. Retry?" box. Is there
any way of telling the browser to forget that it has sent the username and
password for that user so that it would bring up the box asking for
username:password? I tried setting status to SC_UNATHORIZED but it still
brought up the "Retry?" box.
I head somewhere that changing the realm might help but I'm not sure how. Also
how many times does the retry box comes up? Maybe I could set it to 0 and this
way it would just quietly forget what I want it to forget.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
dave.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Mossakowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 7:17 PM
> Subject: Re: HTTP authentication in a servlet?
>
> >This is great but how does one un-authorize people? (How to make
> browser
> show
> >the login box again?)
> >
> >dave.
> >
> >Nic Ferrier wrote:
> >
> >> >>> Oliver Springauf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/6/99 12:21:01
> PM
> >> >>>
> >> >couldn't I just let my
> >> >servlet do the authentication? I'm thinking about the basic HTTP
> >> >method, with "401" response and challenge
> >>
> >> Yes, you could.
> >>
> >> >Will my web server interfere with this? Has anyone tried this?
> >>
> >> Yes. I do it quite a lot.
> >>
> >> Check out the following link on my site:
> >>
> >> http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk/Servlets/FAQ/authentication.html
> >>
> >> It will explain how to do just the servlet part.
> >>
> >> (there is a problem with the Base64 conversion I'll be posting a
> new
> >> one today some time so if you need the base64 bit wait till
> tonight or
> >> tommorow).
> >>
> >> Connecting to a database is easy too.
> >>
> >> You just try and open a Connection object with the username and
> >> password and if it doesn't raise an exception you've got an
> >> authenticated user.
> >>
> >> If you need anymore details let me know.
> >>
> >> Nic Ferrier
> >> Tapsell-Ferrier Ltd
> >> www.tapsellferrier.co.uk
> >>
> >>
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