This bug was fixed in the package webbrowser-app -
0.23+15.10.20150913-0ubuntu1
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webbrowser-app (0.23+15.10.20150913-0ubuntu1) wily; urgency=medium
[ CI Train Bot ]
* New rebuild forced.
* Resync trunk. added: po/mr.po
[ Olivier Tilloy ]
* Allow saving canvas images from the context menu.
* Handle HTTP authentication requests by showing an authentication
dialog. (LP: #1422534)
* Remove the workaround for bug #1471181 now that oxide 1.9 has been
released with a proper fix. (LP: #1471181)
* Set the 'visible' property of actions instead of 'enabled' to ensure
the visibility of the corresponding entries in the drawer menu
matches. (LP: #1495297)
* Use SIGABRT instead of SIGSEGV to crash a renderer process in tests.
(LP: #1493825)
* Use the new WebContext.userAgentOverrides API (new in Oxide 1.9).
(LP: #1410753)
[ Ugo Riboni ]
* Handle HTTP authentication requests by showing an authentication
dialog. (LP: #1422534)
-- Olivier Tilloy <olivier.til...@canonical.com> Sun, 13 Sep 2015
21:25:02 +0000
** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1422534
Title:
No user name and password prompt for http basic authentication
protected pages
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu RTM:
Fix Released
Bug description:
When accessing a http basic authentication protected page the browser
does not prompt for a user name and password it simply displays the
HTTP Error 401 Unauthorized message. The browser should prompt the
user for credentials, set the Authorization header, etc...
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