189333 - Auth dialog does not ignore ":"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 32761

(Core Graveyard :: Networking: FTP, defect)

Description

[benc]

I am not sure if this is Necko or password manager, but I noticed that
"username" and "username:" are handled as different accounts.

ftp://[e-mail]/
ftp://anonymous:@ftp.mozilla.org/

Both refer to "anonymous" as a user, but if you click on each link, you'll find
that you have to fill out separate auth dialogs for each.

Comment 1

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

I do not understand.  what do you mean when you say "you have to fill out
separate auth dialogs for each".  What are you expecting to have happen?

Comment 2

[benc]

Doug, per RFC 1738, these two URLs are describing the same user:

<URL:ftp://foo:@host.com/> has a user name of "foo" and an empty password.

The two URLs I provided should refer to the same user, "foo", not two users
"foo" and "foo:".

Since they refer to the same user, the expect behavior if you clicked on both
would be to have an auth dialog only appear once.

Comment 3

[benc]

The HTTP version is bug 32761. I don't know if they have common for parsing this
area.

Comment 4

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

mass reassigning to nobody.