36376 - Multiple URL's in the same authentication realm

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 32335

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[bnb]

On M15 (and earlier) the following happens on my web server.

/gallery/private/ is in the authentication realm "global" and references images 
under /thumb/private/ which is also in the authentication realm "global". 
/gallery/ and /thumb/ are in no authentication realm at all.

When /gallery/private/ is viewed with the correct password mozilla does not send 
any authentication (well the server ends up returning 401) for any of the images 
under /thumb/private/ and does not prompt to require any authentication. If 
/thumb/private/ is explictly requested mozilla then prompts for the password and 
after this everything works okay.

Since /gallery/private/ and /thumb/private/ are in the same authentication realm 
mozilla should be able to reuse the password, if it can't surely it should at 
least prompt for one?

This is passworded stuff, so I can't put a sample URL up

Comment 1

[Richard Zach]

Realms don't work yet for basic auth.  There's a bug for this already.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 32335 ***

Comment 2

[Tom Everingham]

DUP 32335