Can't upload changeset

[kristian.hermann.karl@…]

Repository Root: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn
Build-Date: 2012-06-04 01:31:02
Last Changed Author: simon04
Revision: 5267
Repository UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
URL: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk
Last Changed Date: 2012-06-03 22:21:06 +0200 (Sun, 03 Jun 2012)
Last Changed Rev: 5267

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (5267 en)
Memory Usage: 393 MB / 1729 MB (308 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 1.6.0_30, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
Operating system: Linux
Dataset consistency test: No problems found


java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character(s) in message header value: Basic XXX
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1137)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getHeaderField(HttpURLConnection.java:2338)
	at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:388)
	at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseMessage(HttpURLConnection.java:445)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.io.OsmApi.sendRequest(OsmApi.java:600)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.io.OsmApi.sendRequest(OsmApi.java:534)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.io.OsmApi.openChangeset(OsmApi.java:372)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.io.OsmServerWriter.uploadOsm(OsmServerWriter.java:201)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.io.UploadPrimitivesTask.realRun(UploadPrimitivesTask.java:246)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.PleaseWaitRunnable.doRealRun(PleaseWaitRunnable.java:82)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.PleaseWaitRunnable.run(PleaseWaitRunnable.java:145)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character(s) in message header value: Basic XXX
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.checkMessageHeader(HttpURLConnection.java:428)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.setAuthenticationProperty(HttpURLConnection.java:2406)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.BasicAuthentication.setHeaders(BasicAuthentication.java:143)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getServerAuthentication(HttpURLConnection.java:1984)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1282)
	at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:379)
	... 11 more

[simon04]

Apparently a Java bug ("Long passwords cause Basic Auth to fail with a java.net.Authenticator"):

• ​http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6459815 (w/ workaround)
• ​http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2054687/java-fetch-url-with-httpbasic-authentication

[kristian.hermann.karl@…]

So how does this help me?
Shorter and more insecure password?

[kristian.hermann.karl@…]

Figured it out myself. I'm using oauth token instead.

[skyper]

Replying to kristian.hermann.karl@…:

Figured it out myself. I'm using oauth token instead.

+1

And more secure !

[stoecker]

Sorry, but you should change your password. The base64 text you supplied can be easily decoded. :-(