From acde21d484886ba53474c8551dce016b0d87fbb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ed <s@ocv.me>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:36:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix controlpanel greeting in early responses;

responses sent early during request processing (primarily for
invalid requests) would display the username " " rater than "*"
in the controlpanel, in one case leading to user confusion
---
 copyparty/httpcli.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 1d0026a5..86d224c8 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         self.dl_id = ""
         self.gctx = " "  # additional context for garda
         self.trailing_slash = True
-        self.uname = " "
-        self.pw = " "
+        self.uname = "*"
+        self.pw = ""
         self.rvol = self.wvol = self.avol = empty_stringlist
         self.do_log = True
         self.can_read = False