This is fixed in the current snapshot distribution (ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/snapshot/netcdf-4-daily.tar.gz). However, that code interprets the name:pwd as being a proxy password. Is this what you want or do you want it to be interpreted as HTTP Basic authentication password? =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PEE-953132 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed