[Http-webtest-general] auth problem

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Hi, I recently upgraded HTTP::WebTest, and immediately ran into a problem
with how the auth parameter is handled. I've been specifying my tests with
a .wt script file, and until now have been able to specify only the
username in the file, like so:

      auth = ( myname )

When I ran the test, it would prompt me to enter my password, to enter it
again for confirmation, and then run the tests as that user and password.
The latest version of HTTP::WebTest fails, apparently insisting that I
store my network password in plaintext in the test file.

Since this is unacceptable from a security standpoint, it looks like I'm
forced to switch to putting all the tests into the perl script itself. That
way I can still prompt for the password and pass the username and password
as part of the parameters. While I'm glad this option is available, it
would be nice to have the old behaviour back. Even better would be to
specify auth = () (or whatever is most intuitive) and have it prompt for
both username and password.

Thanks,

Wes Sheldahl