[Qgis-user] Need Help Testing of WMS Authentication

[Peter Willis]

gsherman wrote:
> I have implemented basic HTTP authentication for the QGIS WMS provider
> and am looking for some volunteers to test it. The changes have not been
> committed to the QGIS SVN repository. Testing will require
> compiling from source.
> 
> When creating or editing WMS connection in QGIS you can now specify an
> optional username and password to be used with a protected WMS. These
> are stored in your QGIS settings. If you don't want the password stored
> you can leave it blank and be prompted for it at connection time.
> 
> I haven't had time to prepare a set of patches but you can download the
> source tree (20Mb) that includes the WMS authentication from:
> 
>   http://gisalaska.com/qgis_wms_auth.zip
> 
> I am particularly interested in testing by folks that require a proxy.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -gary

What compiler/version are you using for the build?
I have cygwin (gcc), MS VC 5, MS Visual Studio .NET 2003
but not MinGW.

Peter