HTTP Basic Auth is at the mercy of browser implementation. That's one of the reasons you
should not use it. In this case, I am guessing that once the URL is accessed from the browser,
the browser sends the WWW:Authenticate header with some aged password for a principal. If
you clear browser cache, HTTP-Auth data etc. this should work (at least for BASIC).
- Kedar
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