340051 - xul templates fail silently when RDF datasource on zope server requires authentication

Status: VERIFIED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Security, defect)

Description

[czwbtj5397]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3

template in a XUL xtension references a datasource that is on a zope server configured to require login. Datasource URL is given as http://user:[e-mail]/menuitems.rdf  Ethereal trace shows that web server is serving a login page instead of the requested rdf (both with and without the user:pw info in the URL). "wget http://user:[e-mail]/menuitems.rdf" works as expected (and fails without the user:pw). Adding :8080 to URL to bypass apache doesnt help.

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
WHen extension starts, ethereal shows URL redirected to a login page. template processing appears to ignore user:pw added to URL

Expected Results:  
rdf file access should behave similar to wget

Comment 1

[Philip Withnall (unavailable)]

Can you attach the code used in the extension?

Comment 2

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Reporter, do you still see this problem with the latest Firefox 2? If not, can you please close this bug as WORKSFORME. Thanks!

Comment 3

[Steve England [:stevee]]

No response from reporter re: comment 1 & 2 -->INCOMPLETE.
Reporter, if you still see this problem with the latest release of Firefox 2, please reopen this bug. Thanks!