[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-680577 ] urllib2 authentication problem

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Bugs item #680577, was opened at 2003-02-05 01:22
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Gary Donovan (gazzadee)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: urllib2 authentication problem

Initial Comment:
I've found a problem using the authentication in urllib2.

When matching up host-names in order to find a
password, then putting the protocol in the address
makes it seem like a different address. eg...

I create a HTTPBasicAuthHandler with a
HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm, and add the tuple
(None, "http://proxy.blah.com:17828", "foo", "bar") to it.

I then setup the proxy to use
http://proxy.blah.com:17828 (which requires
authentication).

When I connect, the password lookup fails, because it
is trying to find a match for "proxy.blah.com:17828"
rather than "http://proxy.blah.com:17828"

This problem doesn't exist if I pass
"proxy.blah.com:17828" to the password manager.

There seems to be some stuff in HTTPPasswordMgr to deal
with variations on site names, but I guess it's not
working in this case (unless this is intentional).

Version Info:
Python 2.2 (#1, Feb 24 2002, 16:21:58)
[GCC 2.96 20000731 (Mandrake Linux 8.2 2.96-0.76mdk)]
on linux-i386


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>Comment By: Gerhard Häring (ghaering)
Date: 2003-02-08 00:21

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Can you please retry with Python 2.2.2?

It seems that a related bug was fixed for 2.2.2:
http://python.org/2.2.2/NEWS.txt has an entry:

"""
- In urllib2.py: fix proxy config with user+pass
authentication.  [SF
  patch 527518]
"""

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