Closed Bug 84710 Opened 23 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Cannot Authenticate to Lotus Domino web server

Categories

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

x86
Windows 2000
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: sezov, Assigned: neeti)

Details

(Whiteboard: need testserver)

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.1) Gecko/20010607 BuildID: 2001060703 This problem has existed in every version of Mozilla so far, but not in Netscape 6 (strange, eh?). When attempting to authenticate to a Lotus Domino web server with session authentication turned on at the server, the browser simply reloads the login screen again. It is impossible to authenticate. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Access a Domino application that requires logon. 2. Enter your name and password in the yellow HTML form. 3. Press the "Login" button on the form. Actual Results: The login form will reappear, and you will not gain access to the application. Expected Results: The home page or other page which requires authenticated access should appear.
sezov@jersey.net - are you able to provide us with somewhere to test this? Gerv
just a guess, the site probably uses basic-auth
Assignee: asa → neeti
Component: Browser-General → Networking: HTTP
Keywords: qawanted
QA Contact: doronr → benc
Whiteboard: need testserver
Basic atuh is always done via the dialog box. If the form is inline, then it is HTML based. For this problem, a submission of the HTML in the login screen will be sufficient to understand the problem.
I wish I could provide somewhere to test it, but everything's behind a corporate firewall. I can say that I had the same problem at a previous job six months ago when I tried Mozilla with a Lotus Domino server, so it seems pretty consistent. It only happens with Lotus' Session Authentication feature. This feature uses an HTML form to pass user information to the server, which the server then keeps track of. A user will be logged off automatically after a preset period of inactivity. Perhaps you might get somebody like EApps (http://www.eapps.com) to donate a Domino R5 account temporarily if you don't have access to a Domino server? I don't have the rights / authority / network access at my job to provide a server outside the firewall.
Not a blocker.
Severity: blocker → major
Is this still happenning?
I wonder if this is related to bug 87817? Could you try turning off keep-alives (in the debug pref pane), and see what happens?
This may be fixed as of 0.9.3. I tried it this week after upgrading, and it worked fine.
marking worksforme Please reopen if you see this again...
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Keywords: qawanted
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