264491 - Login/password handling with same host but different port

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

[Loic Jaquemet]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; fr; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; fr; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3

I work on a system which use the same physical box running 3 instance of the
same program on different port ( lets say port 2000, port 3000 and port 4000 ) .
I need to give my credential ( http auth style ) to access this program . 
But when i try to have those three session in three tabs on the same firefox
instance i got two "problems" :

1°) login/password are saved by the password manager but don't automatically or
only sometimes (not reproduceable) fills in the authentification panel.
2°) when i switch between those tabs, credentials are re-asked for... ( + bug
number 1 )


I'm sceptical about the fact that the webpages ( WebMethods 6.1 Administrators
pages ) are in cause for that bug... 
At least, this "bug" is really annoying, and could be wishlisted ;)

The first page contains framesets -> 3 frame
* a left menu, * center panel and * top title


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open 3 tabs on different port, same machine, authentificated pages, same
program ?
2. switch between tab and navigate in tab
3. save login/password in the password manager

Actual Results:  
login/password are blank, and asked for every time.
The password manager shows that it retains a valid login/password for each
server/port couple.

Expected Results:  
Used the saved login/password.
Don't asked again and again login/password credentials when switching between tabs.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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