> Rick reworked this very code on 2006-11-07. (You can find this out by
> using the "svn log" command). It seems he broke something.

> Try changing the line 84 to:
> authdata = request.env[@@http_auth_headers.detect { |h|
> request.env.has_key?(h) } || ''].to_s.split

> The key now falls back to empty string instead of nil, which may keep the
> `[]` operator of request.env happy.

> -M

> On 11/13/06, Greg Newman <greg.carb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I would assume something has changed with Mephisto since older versions
> > work fine on this same server.
> > Any fix to this?

> > On 11/13/06, Mislav Marohnić <mislav.maroh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > This line:
> > > request.env[@@http_auth_headers.detect { |h| request.env.has_key?(h)
> > > }]

> > > evaluates to nil. That means none of the headers:
> > > %w(X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION HTTP_AUTHORIZATION Authorization)

> > > are found in request.env. So, either it is a bad request, HTTP
> > > authentication issue or a Rails/server bug.

> > > I remember having this very issue (nonexistent HTTP auth headers) when
> > > I was writing my own authentication filters. The headers were simply not
> > > accessible from Rails. I never learned why - similar code worked for other
> > > people

> > > -M

> > > On 11/13/06, Greg Newman < greg.carb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > I'm getting the following with the latest trunk (installed fresh
> > > > this morning) when I try to get to the admin site:

> > > > TypeError (can't convert nil into String):
> > > >     /lib/authenticated_system.rb:84:in `[]'
> > > >     /lib/authenticated_system.rb:84:in `get_auth_data'
> > > >     /lib/authenticated_system.rb:21:in `login_required'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:456:in
> > > > `call'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:435:in
> > > > `call'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:640:in
> > > > `call_filter'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:641:in
> > > > `call_filter'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:438:in
> > > > `call'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:640:in
> > > > `call_filter'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:641:in
> > > > `call_filter'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:438:in
> > > > `call'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:640:in
> > > > `call_filter'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:641:in
> > > > `call_filter'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:438:in
> > > > `call'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:640:in
> > > > `call_filter'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:641:in
> > > > `call_filter'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:449:in
> > > > `call'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:640:in
> > > > `call_filter'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:622:in
> > > > `perform_action_without_benchmark'

> > > > /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:66:in
> > > > `perform_action_without_rescue'
> > > >     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'

> > > > /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:66:in
> > > > `perform_action_without_rescue'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:111:in
> > > > `perform_action'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:427:in
> > > > `process_without_filters'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:627:in
> > > > `process_without_session_management_support'

> > > > /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:114:in
> > > > `process'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:330:in
> > > > `process'
> > > >     /vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:41:in `dispatch'
> > > >     dispatch.cgi:10

> > > > --
> > > > I saw another thread about this but it didn't seem to have any
> > > > answers.

> > > > - Greg Newman
> > > > -------------------------------------------
> > > > http://www.carbon8.us
> > > > http://www.busyashell.com

> > --

> > - Greg Newman
> > -------------------------------------------
> > http://www.carbon8.us
> > http://www.busyashell.com