How do I specify the username/password when accessing a Web Folder under WinXP?
I use the "Add a Netowork Place" wizard to create the web folder on my
machine, but the wizard never gives me a chance to specify what
username and password to use when connecteding to the WebDAV server.
It seems like it just automatically uses my WinXP username and
password. I want to specify a different username/password than my
WinXP ones.
How can I specify a different username and password for WinXP to use
when connecting to the Web Folder? |
Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
24 Nov 2006 05:39 PST
Hi bigjosh2,
Try this. When you enter the URL in the wizard, add port 80 to the
address like this: http://host:80/path/
Please let me know if that solves it for you.
Good luck!
hummer
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Clarification of Question by
bigjosh2-ga
on
25 Nov 2006 19:05 PST
Turns out that a combination of "user:pass@" *and* adding ":80" at the
end does the trick. I'd tried both separately with no luck.
Thanks.
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Clarification of Question by
bigjosh2-ga
on
25 Nov 2006 19:11 PST
Nope - spoke too soon. When you specify "http://User:Pass@host:80/",
it only appears to work, but in fact it still silently attempts to
sign in with your XP credentials and when that fails is signs in
anonymously. Oh well.
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Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
25 Nov 2006 19:49 PST
Hi bigjosh2,
Well, that's too bad, I really though :80 would work as it's suppose
to fix an XP bug.
Windows XP and the "mini redirector"
"Microsoft introduced WebDAV client support in Windows 98
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a feature called "Web folders". This client was simply an extension to
Windows Explorer (the desktop/file manager) and later included in
Windows 2000. In Windows XP, Microsoft changed the client to the
"WebDAV mini-redirector". This new client works at the filesystem
level, allowing WebDAV shares to be assigned to a drive letter and
used by all software. However, all versions of the redirector have
serious bugs[1]. It has been known to try to convert HTTP URL's to UNC
paths e.g http://host/path/ to \\host\path\. It also often uses
Windows Domain authentication when answering HTTP basic-auth
challenges. One known fix which may work around the first problem is
to explicitly specify the port number in the URL e.g
http://host:80/path/. This reportedly forces the use of the old "Web
folders" client."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webdav#Windows_XP_and_the_.22mini_redirector.22
Here's another thing to try:
When you see the default username, cancel from network location
window, click next, reenter username/password (ignore any error
message). Repeat: cancel,reenter,ignore several times before clicking
Finish.
Good luck,
hummer
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