1398506 - Not prompting for basic authentication

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1347857

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Roger Lynn]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1370003 +++

I have never been prompted for basic authentication since upgrading to Seamonkey 2.48 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:51.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.48) (I get identical behaviour from the official Windows 32 bit build).

Both https://login.mozilla.com/duo/ and https://auth-demo.aerobatic.io/protected-standard/ (examples borrowed from related bugs) take me straight to login failure pages without prompting for a user name or password. If I provide the user name and password in the URL in the form http://username:[e-mail]/ then it works perfectly.

Bug #1318896 describes the same symptoms on iOS.

I don't think the component I've selected is the right one, but I was forced to choose and I can't see anything more relevant.

Comment 1

[Roger Lynn]

Forgot to mention that Bug #1370003 is a similar problem in Firefox.

And for Linux, Build identifier: 20170706221156

Comment 2

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

This is a known bug and will be fixed in 2.49.1

Usually happens when you close the last browser window and mail or another window is still open. Also happens when you open mail first instead of the browser.

Your url works fine for me in a local 2.49.1 build. If it isn't fixed when the official release arrives please reopen this bug here.