basic http authentication tomcat not working

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I use tomcat 7 and I want to use http basic authentication. If you want to access a site, you are forced to type in a username and password.

my url: http://localhost:8080/project

But i want to provide the username and password in the url. I want to skip the window where I have to write username and password. Like it is described http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication

wiki example: https://username:[email protected]/path

In my case it should be something like the following:

 username = admin
 password = mypw1#

https://admin:mypw1#@localhost:8080/project

or

http://admin:mypw1#@localhost:8080/project

But it is not working. Neither in Firefox nor in Chrome. Browser can't even find the site. If I just use localhost:8080/project the site is loaded and I am prompted to login with username and password.

Is Tomcat configured for SSL ?

AllTooSir
– AllTooSir

2013-07-19 11:43:12 +00:00
Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 11:43 — AllTooSir
– AllTooSir, Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 11:43
It's a default installation. No changes to server.xml.

Gero
– Gero

2013-07-19 11:53:11 +00:00
Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 11:53 — Gero
– Gero, Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 11:53

Michael-O · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-19 12:13:50Z

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Browser uses # for the anchor. You have to escape the hash or use HTTP auth header.

answered Jul 19, 2013 at 12:13

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Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-19 13:00:46Z

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Try URL encoding the password:

http://admin:mypw1%23@localhost:8080/project

answered Jul 19, 2013 at 13:00

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