Password protected directories on http server can only be accessed by specifying the password in the URL

[Nicholas Allen]

I have a bzr repository that I have pushed to my http sever via the sftp protocol. The directory that I pushed the repository to is protected from being read by the general public through an htpasswd file. When I try to branch from the http server I expected that I would be asked for a password and user name but instead I just got the message:

bzr: ERROR: http error 401 probing for XXXX/.bzr/branch-format

If I specify the user name and password as part of the URL then the branch command works but this is insecure and I would rather not do it this way.

[John A Meinel (jameinel)]

This should be true when using pycurl, as we haven't figured out how to request passwords properly there.
Using 'bzr get http+urllib://' should properly prompt for a password. Can you verify whether this works or not?

Alternatively, you may need to specify the username without the password to get a prompt.

[Vincent Ladeuil (vila)]

when using urllib you get prompted for each connection, see https://launchpad.net/products/bzr/+bug/42383.

[Vincent Ladeuil (vila)]

Commited in ~bzr/bzr/bzr.urllib.keepalive