[Mapserver-dev] Question about basic authentication in a WMS connection

[Sean Gillies]

Bart,

Thanks for the confirmation.  I don't see anything in the code that
would disallow this type of connection, so maybe it's just me.

cheers,
Sean

On Feb 27, 2004, at 1:50 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> I use a Windows binary from 02-02-2004 and there it still works.
>
> Is this syntax working for you in e.g. Mozilla Firefox when you do a 
> GetCapabilities request on the remote WMS?
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:28:58 -0700, Sean Gillies <sgillies at frii.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all, I've run into a nasty bug with a WMS client connection.  I'm 
>> digging
>> into the code right now, but am hoping that one of the WMS developers 
>> will
>> have some suggestions for me.
>>
>> Problem is that with the CVS mapserver a WMS layer with a connection 
>> like
>>
>>      CONNECTION "http://user:passwd@host/servlet?&foo=bar"
>>
>> is falling all the way through the logic in msDrawLayer to the point 
>> where
>> we try to draw it using drawEPPL().  Any reasons why this connection
>> wouldn't work?
>>
>> Here is a layer that works for me
>>
>>    LAYER
>>      NAME "aerial"
>>      TYPE RASTER
>>      STATUS ON
>>      CONNECTION "http://terraservice.net/ogcmap.ashx"
>>      CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
>>      METADATA
>>        "wms_srs" "EPSG:4326"
>>        "wms_name" "DOQ"
>>        "wms_style" ""
>>        "wms_server_version" "1.1.1"
>>        "wms_format" "image/jpeg"
>>        "wms_connectiontimeout" "60"
>>      END
>>      PROJECTION
>>        "init=EPSG:4326"
>>      END
>>    END
>>
>> And this layer (service's name has been changed to protect the 
>> innocent :)
>> fails
>>
>>    LAYER
>>      NAME "aerial"
>>      TYPE RASTER
>>      STATUS ON
>>      CONNECTION "http://user:passwd@host/servlet?&foo=bar"
>>      CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
>>      METADATA
>>        "wms_srs" "EPSG:4326"
>>        "wms_name" "DOQ"
>>        "wms_style" ""
>>        "wms_server_version" "1.1.1"
>>        "wms_format" "image/jpeg"
>>        "wms_connectiontimeout" "60"
>>      END
>>      PROJECTION
>>        "init=EPSG:4326"
>>      END
>>    END
>>
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