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Authentication without Basic Authentication dialog? #716

Open e40 opened 6 years ago

e40 commented 6 years ago

Password managers (1Password, Lastpass) have stopped supporting Basic Authentication. This is annoying, but unlikely to change in the future (I have discussed this at length with support for both companies).

That means I must copy/paste the password for transmission when I visit it in Chrome.

Is there a way to use a different sort of authentication page?

normanr commented 2 years ago

You could use a reverse proxy like apache or nginx in "front" of Transmission. They both support many other types of authentication (including integration with 3rd party identity providers).

e40 commented 2 years ago

You could use a reverse proxy like apache or nginx in "front" of Transmission. They both support many other types of authentication (including integration with 3rd party identity providers).

Interesting idea. My first attempt to do it failed, sadly. Using CentOS 7.x (latest). Maybe I'll give it a go again at some point. Thanks for the tip, though.

killemov commented 1 year ago

That means I must copy/paste the password for transmission when I visit it in Chrome.

Maybe not the most secure but I have Firefox remember the credentials. Also, I have dealt with (developed for) many types of login schemes and it could take a lot of work to get it right. The reason for your request also smells: Program X has a breaking change, please change your program to make them work together.

sourcecodemage commented 1 year ago

Is this closed as in "implemented"? Or closed as in "will not implement" ?

killemov commented 1 year ago

@sourcecodemage This issue is still open, some related issues have been closed.

johnwyles commented 9 months ago

Bump. Nearly all software in the suite of Servrarr, other torrent clients, or tools related to a full media center setup support a Modal pop-up or Forms page based on your preference. Many don't have Modal to begin with. But some do and when they do it's usually seen a configuration choice to choose which you prefer between a Form or Modal.

It's lot easier for password managers across browsers (not using the ones native to the browser) to populate these fields but struggle with Modals. It's not so much this:

The reason for your request also smells: Program X has a breaking change, please change your program to make them work together.

It's more of "can you change your program because users find idiosyncrasy issues with the Modal style of login vs Form. That is all that needs to be known about this request really as I see it.