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Auth dialog not showing

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ryan77627
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I am currently running a very rudimentary server that only serves files. I am doing it this way since I have access to the machine, do not need web uploads, and do not care about fancy features. I have a hidden portion containing some unreleased files for internal sharing but inaccessible to the public. I use http basic auth with an .htpasswd file. In chrome, it works fine. I navigate to the url, it asks for a user and pass, and lets me in. Firefox, however, just shows 401 Unauthorized and if I refresh just gets stuck loading. Is there anything I can do make firefox show the http authorization dialog. Also, If I put the credentials in the url it works fine. I don't want to transmit through the url though.

URL: https://video.stoicproductions.org/unreleased_test/

User: user

Pass: password

EDIT: Works fine on FF Mobile (Android)

I am currently running a very rudimentary server that only serves files. I am doing it this way since I have access to the machine, do not need web uploads, and do not care about fancy features. I have a hidden portion containing some unreleased files for internal sharing but inaccessible to the public. I use http basic auth with an .htpasswd file. In chrome, it works fine. I navigate to the url, it asks for a user and pass, and lets me in. Firefox, however, just shows 401 Unauthorized and if I refresh just gets stuck loading. Is there anything I can do make firefox show the http authorization dialog. Also, If I put the credentials in the url it works fine. I don't want to transmit through the url though. URL: https://video.stoicproductions.org/unreleased_test/ User: user Pass: password EDIT: Works fine on FF Mobile (Android)

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I have been testing, it seems as though Bitwarden suppresses this dialog. I think I may raise an issue with them, in case it's a bug. Thanks!

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Shadow110
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Hi, the above works fine in Private Mode on Windows.

Is tracking protection showing up or on ? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection

What about Extensions like add blockers and which ones are you running ? What Security Software  ?

Please try in : SAFE MODE

In Firefox Safe mode these changes are effective:

  • all extensions are disabled (about:addons)
  • default theme is used (no persona)
  • userChrome.css and userContent.css are ignored (chrome folder)
  • default toolbar layout is used (file: localstore-safe.rdf)
  • Javascript JIT compilers are disabled (prefs: javascript.options.*jit)
  • hardware acceleration is disabled (Options > Advanced > General)
  • plugins are not affected
  • preferences are not affected

TEST''''is issue still there ?

ryan77627
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I did get a dialog in safe mode, I'm gonna go through my extensions to see which one it is and hopefully get back here to inform anyone who may stumble across this thread. Thanks for the advice!

ryan77627
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I have been testing, it seems as though Bitwarden suppresses this dialog. I think I may raise an issue with them, in case it's a bug. Thanks!