SOAP authorization problem

[Gustavo Torreti]

Dear friends,

I'm having some big problems with authentication for a web service.

My original error message was a 405 Method not Allowed, and I realized it was some authorization problem.

Crosschecked all user/pass info, OK. The problem is sending this info properly, then.

I looked at this previous thread (HERE), and discovered that one could put some authorization info at the SOAPHeader (later confirmed HERE).

As I set the envelope's header, however, I got a "SOAPExceptionImpl: HeaderElements must be namespace qualified" Exception, and that made me get lost. Is there any standard namespace for authorization/authentication?

I found out that the web service is running on a IIS 5.0 / win2k machine, and the authentication process was "configured on IIS to validate the local user that was sent to me".

I am currently using the SOAPEnvelope to generate the Name I need to create the header:

      
SOAPHeader header = envelope.getHeader();
Name user = envelope.createName("username=myusername"); 
header.addHeaderElement(user);
Name pass = envelope.createName("password=mypass");
header.addHeaderElement(pass);

Any help would be highly appreciated.
[ August 26, 2004: Message edited by: Gustavo Torreti ]

[Gustavo Torreti]

I have found this link with some most useful information.

Seems like java.xml.soap doesn't have control over the http connection, and there's an Apache version that does.

Any extra tips and tricks are also welcome
[ August 26, 2004: Message edited by: Gustavo Torreti ]