Password protected files (Apache/digest or basic)?

[gitgitmonkey]

I have a hub that works fine with remote files in my server that are not password protected. When I tried to add files using this syntax: https://user:[email protected]/file.bw, the tracks don't show. This syntax works fine in the UCSC genome browser. I'm running an Apache server with both digest and basic authentication, so I can use either. How can I use remote files that aren't public? Thank you!

[lidaof]

Hi @gitgitmonkey would you please email me a link for me to troubleshoot? Getting this fixed should be a pretty helpful feature.

[gitgitmonkey]

I ended up finding a workaround. I symlinked the files to an open directory and renamed them with random characters. So the files themselves are anonymous and likely useless to other people. The hub .json is password protected and it's the only place where the files are identified.

[lidaof]

That's pretty smart!

[lidaof]

close for now, feel free to open new issue. thank you!