# SOAP4R basic auth

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap4r-basic-auth/65355>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 17, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap4r-basic-auth/65355 "2006-08-17T18:18:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![rickthemick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@rickthemick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rickthemick)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap4r-basic-auth/65355/1 "2006-08-17T18:18:08Z")

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Hi!  
I’m trying to get SOAP4R running under ruby-1.8.5-preview3 +  
http-access2 (you can also update 1.8.4 with latest SOAP4R +  
http-access2 I guess).

Everything works too well… I’m suspecting that this basic auth thing  
in SOAP4R only is for the client???

See these, server and client:  
[http://dev.ctor.org/soap4r/browser/trunk/sample/soap/basicauth](http://dev.ctor.org/soap4r/browser/trunk/sample/soap/basicauth)  
The third line in the server.rb file states:

# SOAP server cannot use WEBrick’s httpauth feature for now…

I dont use any webserver, I run standalone server, pure SOAP i guess…

I want the server to fail the client when sending incorrect user/passwd,  
now it doesnt matter what I send, the client gets access and the RPC  
succeed no matter what passwd I send!!!

Am i missing something here? Do the webbserver need to be integrated?  
(that is, do I need to run a full webbservice to get this to work  
correctly?)

Thanks!

/Rick

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**Author:** ![rickthemick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@rickthemick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rickthemick)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/soap4r-basic-auth/65355/2 "2006-09-04T14:44:03Z")

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Hi,

Sorry for late reply.

Rickard Sjostrom wrote:

> # SOAP server cannot use WEBrick’s httpauth feature for now…
> 
> I dont use any webserver, I run standalone server, pure SOAP i guess…

Soap4r’s web server fully depends on WEBrick’s implementation.  
SOAP::StandaloneServer (soap/rpc/standaloneServer) does not support  
httpauth but you can use full WEBrick feature with SOAP::HTTPServer  
(soap/rpc/httpserver). SOAP::StandaloneServer is a wrapper of  
SOAP::HTTPServer for backward compatibility. Please use  
SOAP::HTTPServer for your usage.

I’ve not yet tried WEBrick + BasicAuth (webrick/httpauth/basicauth).  
I’ll appreciate if you allow me to include your sample server in soap4r  
and Ruby distribution.

Regards,  
// NaHi  
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