[jira] Commented: (MRELEASE-569) Inadequate explanation of "BUILD ERROR: .... Return Code is 401"

["Martin Todorov (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

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Martin Todorov commented on MRELEASE-569:
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This is not a bug. However, I do agree that this message should tell the user that their authentication settings are incorrect.
Here is a rather complete explanation of what is wrong and how to set things up properly:
http://www.sonatype.com/people/2010/11/what-to-do-when-nexus-returns-401/



> Inadequate explanation of "BUILD ERROR: .... Return Code is 401"
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MRELEASE-569
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-569
>             Project: Maven 2.x Release Plugin
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Paul Hammant
>
> That this return code (and perhaps all return codes) are HTTP response codes is not clear.
> I lack authority to the remote directory apparently.
>  [INFO] [deploy:deploy {execution: default-deploy}]
>     Uploading: http://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2//javax/inject/javax.inject-tck/1/javax.inject-tck-1.jar
>     [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     [ERROR] BUILD ERROR
>     [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     [INFO] Error deploying artifact: Failed to transfer file: http://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/javax/inject/javax.inject-tck/1/javax.inject-tck-1.jar. Return code is: 401

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