Re: [ferret_users] opendap access with ferret

["Ansley C. Manke" <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Martin
 
The PyFerret and Ferret v7.4.4 downloads currently on the GitHub page is 
linked with NetCDF 4.4.1.1
 
https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/PyFerret/releases
 
https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/Ferret/releases
 
We'd found a couple of other issues with NetCDF 4.6.2, particularly 
access to data on large grids on some opendap servers.
 
Ansley
 
On 2/6/2019 4:50 AM, Martin Schmidt wrote:
> Dear ferreters,
> opendap access with ferret linked with a recent netcdf library does 
> not work any more, if the remote thredds-server is password protected. 
> The syntax is to include a user name and the password in the use 
> statement.
>  
> use "https://user:password@hostname/etc.....";
>  
> This worked well with ferret linked with netcdf-4.4.4.1 but not with 
> 4.6.2. The same can be verified with ncdump.
>  
> The error message throws a lot a strange information (syntax errors, 
> fonts etc.) and finally that authentication failed. Searching the web 
> reveals a lengthy discussion on the netcdf-website that the login - 
> information solely has to be delivered by two files .dodrc and .netrc. 
> However, I cannot find this in the netcdf manual and have a running 
> example with an old netcdf-library that it worked differently.
>  
> So my question is, does anybody know, how to deal with those errors? 
> Or is the method really obsolete, to include the login data in the URL 
> information?
> Best,
> Martin
>