139851 - username from FTP URL should prefill in authentication dialog (sheet)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Networking: FTP, enhancement)

Description

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

example:

http://[e-mail]

expected:

authentication dialog (sheet) with 'user' pre-filled in username field

actual:

blank username and password dialog (sheet)

I'm using this with HTTP basic authentication, but it should be the same with
digest, FTP, etc.

build 2002041712

Comment 1

[Stephen P. Morse]

This would have to be done by the netwerking layer before calling on the 
password manager.  Reassigning.

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Duplicate of "RFE: Auth dialog should be prefilled with username when using
http://[e-mail]"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 66177 ***

Comment 3

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

Reopening and changing summary to cover FTP case that isn't covered by bug 66177.

Comment 4

[Kathleen :Brade]

I think this bug is invalid for the existing ftp code.  The ftp code currently
prompts only for username and password when the uri doesn't have a login and
anonymous login fails.  At all other times, it just prompts for password.

Comment 5

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

Clearly, this belongs on 'Stupid Reporter Tricks'.  

I know I tested it, but I must've spaced and typed http in place of ftp...  

Comment 6

[benc]

(hates vauge bugs that morph).

Please restate what you want. I think this is INVALD b/c it already does that,
w/ the exception of FTP-proxy (bug 149103).

Comment 7

[Kathleen :Brade]

resolving as invalid per comments 4 and 5 
(may also have been a duplicate of bug 66177 but I can't easily confirm that)

Comment 8

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

verifying as 'stupid bug'

Comment 9

[benc]

REOPEN, this is valid.

#4 in this bug is incorrect, per bug 124561.


Here's some more clarification from bug 61177:
------ Additional Comment #5 From Bill McGonigle  2002-04-25 07:41 -------

In the dup bug I filed, bug 139851, I suggested this should happen for FTP also.
 I notice this bug is under Networking::HTTP.  Would the work done in
Networking::HTTP get us FTP support too?


------- Additional Comment #6 From Darin Fisher 2002-04-25 13:36 -------

nope, this bug would have to be solved individually for FTP.

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What people want for HTTP is a username/password dialog that has both fields w/
text entry.

The current implementation prefils the user in a label, which cannot be changed
by the user.

This creates problems in some situations. For example, there is no way to get a
user-password auth via content (see bug 202419).