No one opened a ticket so I fixed it a few months ago On a recent you can use auth.basic
auth.basic(basic_auth_realm="<any string you like>") BONUS: *the realm string can be changed runtime to allow the user to be logged out i.e. the browser will ask authentication credentials again* 2013/5/8 Ian MacKinnon <[email protected]> > Was a ticket ever filed for this? I'm encountering the same issue and I > couldn't find a ticket for this issue. > > Ian > > > On Monday, 31 October 2011 20:09:49 UTC-7, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> Please open a ticket. this is easy and I can take of it tomorrow. >> >> On Oct 31, 7:58 pm, mdorval <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Ok, so this command example is in the documentation under basic >> > authentication >> > (http://web2py.com/book/**default/chapter/08#Access-<http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/08#Access-> >> > Control-and-Basic-**Authentication): >> > >> > wget --user=[username] --password=[password] http:// >> .../[app]/[controller]**/give_me_time >> > >> > but this command won't work with basic authentication in web2py, as >> > web2py doesn't throw a 401 when the Authentication header is missing, >> > but a 403 (at least with the current version of wget). >> > >> > In order for wget to work properly with basic authentication, one must >> > do >> > wget --user=[username] --password=[password] >> --auth-no-challengehttp://.../**[app]/[controller]/give_me_**time >> > >> > The documentation on wget's --auth-no-challenge flag is as follows: >> > ‘--auth-no-challenge’ >> > If this option is given, Wget will send Basic HTTP authentication >> > information (plaintext username and password) for all requests, just >> > like Wget 1.10.2 and prior did by default. >> > Use of this option is not recommended, and is intended only to support >> > some few obscure servers, which never send HTTP authentication >> > challenges, but accept unsolicited auth info, say, in addition to form- >> > based authentication. >> > >> > So my question is: Is there a way to get web2py to handle these >> > requests properly (return a 401 status code to prompt the client to >> > resend with credentials)? >> > (on a related note, it seems requests using urllib2 run into a similar >> > problem:http://stackoverflow.**com/questions/2407126/python-** >> urllib2-basic-auth-..<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2407126/python-urllib2-basic-auth-..> >> .) > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
