How to connect a cookie to a request from Windows Explorer (IT Hit Web Dav)
I am about to set federation authentication to a WebDav feature that I am trying to implement using the IT Hit Web DAV library. From the library documentation under "Adding webdav to an existing project" it mentions:
Neither Microsoft miniredirector, Mac OS X Finder, nor most versions of Microsoft Office support form / cookie authentication.
In addition to this, I have looked at some sources (from 2010) and read that a cookie cannot be sent through Windows Explorer.
However, I am using Windows 7 and I mapped the WebDav folder to Microsoft SharePoint as well as Microsoft miniredirect and I can see (using the Fiddler web debugging tool) that the federation authentication token cookie is sent along with the request.
From research, I realized that I have to use Internet Explorer for this. Not sure if I am misunderstanding something. Is there a way to attach a cookie to a request from Windows Explorer?
PS. I have logged in to a Webapp from Internet Explorer that has successfully signed in to the federation gateway.
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Ok, here are my comments and the process so far. Might be helpful for someone else working on this as well.
I am using Internet Explorer, added my web application host to trusted sites. I switched to forms authentication to save the cookie. When I first go to the web application and then try to access the webdav from windows browser, it picks the web application forms authentication cookie.
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