Re: Getting Digest Authentication to Work

Nor is mod_php. I did a bit of digging in the security.php source and
it looks that those two "no"s are my show stoppers.

thanks,
Michael

On Jul 30, 10:00 am, Michael <desert.bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> No it is not and I don't have access to have that changed.  Nor is it
> something that I can request to be changed.
>
> Is that a showstopper?
>
> thanks,
> Michael
>
> On Jul 30, 7:08 am, cricket <zijn.digi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Does Apache have mod_digest loaded?
>
> > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Michael <desert.bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I am having difficulty getting digest authentication to work.  The
> > > code works if I use basic, but when I switch to digest, the
> > > credentials don't authenticate (i.e. the browser username/password
> > > popup keeps displaying).  I have tried to md5 hash the password and
> > > leave it plain text and neither works.
>
> > > Here's the code that works (basic authentication):
>
> > >        function beforeFilter() {
> > >                if ( $this->RequestHandler->isXml() ) {
> > >                        $this->Auth->allow('index');
> > >                        $this->Security->loginOptions = array(
> > >                                        'type' => 'basic',
> > >                                        'realm' => 'WebService'
> > >                                );
> > >                        $this->Security->loginUsers = array('user' => 'secret');
>
> > >                        $this->Security->requireLogin('index');
> > >                } else {
> > >                        parent::beforeFilter();
> > >                }
> > >        }
>
> > > And here's the code that doesn't (digest authentication):
>
> > >        function beforeFilter() {
> > >                if ( $this->RequestHandler->isXml() ) {
> > >                        $this->Auth->allow('index');
> > >                        $this->Security->loginOptions = array(
> > >                                        'type' => 'digest',
> > >                                        'realm' => 'WebService'
> > >                                );
> > >                        $this->Security->loginUsers = array('user' => 'secret');
> > > /*                      $this->Security->loginUsers = array('user' => md5('secret')); */
>
> > >                        $this->Security->requireLogin('index');
> > >                } else {
> > >                        parent::beforeFilter();
> > >                }
> > >        }
>
> > > What am I still missing?
>
> > > Note, I'm using CakePHP 1.2.5.  Web server is Apache 1.3.41.  PHP is
> > > 5.2.9.
>
> > > thanks in advance,
> > > Michael
>
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