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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Jason Pyeron <jpyeron@pdinc.us>
Cc: "'Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)'" <jason.j.pyeron.ctr@mail.mil>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Failure using webdav basic auth by git client
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:28:42 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121111182842.GC21654@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <121F1C4AA6A845229D3DF5808B4F0F9E@black>

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 01:09:02PM -0500, Jason Pyeron wrote:

> > My google fu has failed me on this issue. I am trying to setup http(s)
> > repositories for git. If I require authenticated users then git asks
> > for a username and password for the first volley of communications, but
> > then does not include the Authorization header on subsequent requests.
> [...]
> > > GET /git/test/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack HTTP/1.1
> > User-Agent: git/1.7.9

Can you try with a more recent git version? There were some bugs with
on-demand http auth when using the dumb protocol (which I see you are
using). They were fixed in v1.7.10.2 and higher.

Also, consider setting up the smart-http protocol, as it is way more
efficient.

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-11 18:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-11 18:09 Failure using webdav basic auth by git client Jason Pyeron
2012-11-11 18:28 ` Jeff King [this message]
2012-11-12 12:27   ` Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)

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