Safari for Windows – Proxy Authentication
Safari Not Asking For Proxy Password
Dull posting here, but I decided to post it in order to record a technical
problem and solution for an issue I recently had with Safari.
When running behind a proxy, Safari for windows uses the proxy settings
from IE. It’s easy to set the address of the proxy by selecting
Preferences:Advanced:Proxies – Change Settings
The first time you do this, Safari will ask you for a username and
password so that it can authenticate your connection. If you select
“remember password” it will NEVER ask you for this again. I use the word
NEVER hear loosely – it might ask you, I just don’t know under what
circumstances.
So, if your password changes, Safari has the wrong password and will be
unable to connect.
If you uninstall Safari and Reinstall it… the problem remains.
The Solutions is: Delete the keychain.plist file from the directory
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Apple
Computer\Preferences
This is under XP, the directory will be different under Vista.
Restart Safari and it will ask you for the authentication again.
Apple, Bug, Safari, Windows, Proxy, Password, Authentication
May 18th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Great post. Your solution works. Thanks.
June 10th, 2009 at 7:55 am
GREAT JOB!!!!
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Excellent… Thanks, this was getting irritating, all I kept finding was people advising to change my proxy password, which was the whole route of the problem, in that I couln’t get to anywhere to change it…
July 15th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Oh dude I have been looking for this for quite some time
Thanks for posting it
July 29th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Excellent, finally a good solution to this annoying problem, you rock, thanks. it should be posted in an apple support page.
October 5th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
can u tell me how about the solution if the OS is vista
October 5th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I think it’s the roughly same, just change “Documents and Settings” to “Users”.
February 8th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
You can also use IE Proxy switch to switch the safari proxy server. this tool is free and can be download from http://soft-net.net/IEProxySwitch.aspx
June 25th, 2010 at 1:15 am
Thanks for posting this. It saved my Tech Support a lot of stress, and me a lot of hassle.