Re: [PATCH] Prompt for a username when an HTTP request 401s

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Scott Chacon <schacon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Scott Chacon <schacon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> @@ -815,7 +815,18 @@ static int http_request(const char *url, void
> >> *result, int target, int options)
> >> ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ret = HTTP_OK;
> >> ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? else if (missing_target(&results))
> >> ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ret = HTTP_MISSING_TARGET;
> >> - ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? else
> >> + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? else if (results.http_code == 401) {
> >> + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? if (user_name) {
> >> + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ret = HTTP_NOAUTH;
> >> + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? } else {
> >> + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? // it is neccesary to use getpass here because
> >> + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? // there appears to be no other clean way to
> >> + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? // read/write stdout/stdin
> >> + ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? user_name = xstrdup(getpass("Username: "));
> >
> > No, getpass is needed here because its very likely stdin/stdout are
> > pipes to our parent process. ??So we instead need to use /dev/tty,
> > but that is non-portable. ??Using getpass() can at least be stubbed
> > on other platforms with a different implementation if/when necessary.
> 
> Should I roll a new patch for this?

Yea, you probably should since I think the comment could be improved.

-- 
Shawn.
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