Authentication missing, please enter username/password from Config->General ....

[yannyb]

I'm getting this running sab v0.5.3 on OSX 10.6.4.  As far as I can work out, it is only happening when I leave safari running.  It happens every 30 minutes exactly.  I've not installed any extensions or the like.

Anyone got any ideas?

Cheers

2010-08-09 21:28:16,004
WARNING:
Authentication missing, please enter username/password from Config->General into your 3rd party program:

[sander]

Why does CoolIris try to communicate with SABnzbd?
We put the warning in for a reason, namely to warn you about
a failing third-party application or a potential security breach.

Maybe CoolIris is NOT trying to access SAB, but is trying to find / access proxy-servers; port 8080 is a well known proxy port.

Two ways to check:
1) in the SAB / cherrypy logging, check if cooliris access http://localhost:8080/ or http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd
2) put SAB on another port than 8080, and if whether cooliris finds SAB again. (I don't think so)

[MajorHavoc]

I also have this problem now, and I am on Windows 7, using Safari and since the 0.5.3 update of SABnzbd, I see this error ALL THE TIME now (my log is full of these errors.)  I am using Safari, but I have changed browsers and it does not seem to matter.

But something in SABnzbd seems to have changed, as now this error is there all the time on what was otherwise a stable machine. It is also occurring exactly every 30 minutes as well. I do NOT have CoolIris on my machine.

That said, everything IS working fine anyway. nzb files are fetched properly, parts are downloaded properly and stored in the cache folder, the uncompress and merging is working fine, and files are left in the appropriate directories where expected when completed, so I tend to ignore the message, but would love to know what causes it.

Any other ideas I should look for and where? My program listens to 8085 to minimize collisions with other ports.

SAnzbd dudes, can you add more detail to the error message to help determine what is causing this, or is this just somethign on my machine trying to use the same port? Any ideas how I can track that down?

[shypike]

Is your SABnzbd listening to "localhost" or to something else?
"localhost" means that it will only communicate with local programs.
Unfortunately SABnzbd receives no information about which program sends API calls.

[MajorHavoc]

Thanks. Not sure who is talking to it. I changed the port to a different number, and the problem has gone away. Obviously, something else was trying to talk to that port number. No idea what though. Will keep looking. Thanks for the answer.