# [PATCH 4/6] http: handle proxy authentication failure (error 407)

2 messages from 2012-05-03 to 2012-05-04. Participants: Nelson Benitez Leon, Jeff King.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30410

## Nelson Benitez Leon, 2012-05-03 16:40

Subject: [PATCH 4/6] http: handle proxy authentication failure (error 407)
Message-ID: <4FA2B4EE.6010008@seap.minhap.es>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4FA2B4EE.6010008%40seap.minhap.es

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Handle http 407 error code by asking for credentials and
retrying request in case credentials were not present, or
marking credentials as rejected if they were already provided.

Signed-off-by: Nelson Benitez Leon <nbenitezl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 http.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 22ffe0c..c87c66c 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -879,6 +879,15 @@ static int http_request(const char *url, void *result, int target, int options)
 				init_curl_http_auth(slot->curl);
 				ret = HTTP_REAUTH;
 			}
+		} else if (results.http_code == 407) { /* Proxy authentication failure */
+			if (proxy_auth.username && proxy_auth.password) {
+				credential_reject(&proxy_auth);
+				ret = HTTP_NOAUTH;
+			} else {
+				credential_fill(&proxy_auth);
+				set_proxy_auth(slot->curl);
+				ret = HTTP_REAUTH;
+			}
 		} else {
 			if (!curl_errorstr[0])
 				strlcpy(curl_errorstr,
-- 
1.7.7.6

```

## Jeff King, 2012-05-04 07:23

Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] http: handle proxy authentication failure (error 407)
Message-ID: <20120504072329.GD21895@sigill.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120504072329.GD21895%40sigill.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <4FA2B4EE.6010008@seap.minhap.es>

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On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 06:40:14PM +0200, Nelson Benitez Leon wrote:

> Handle http 407 error code by asking for credentials and
> retrying request in case credentials were not present, or
> marking credentials as rejected if they were already provided.

This one looks good to me.

-Peff

```
