3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/etc.c b/etc.c
index aa8b61d..7fabd03 100644
--- a/etc.c
+++ b/etc.c
@@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@ void (*mySignal(int signal_number, void (*action) (int))) (int) {
 static char Base64Table[] =
     "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
 
-const char *
+char *
 base64_encode(const unsigned char *src, int len)
 {
     unsigned char *w, *at;
@@ -2021,9 +2021,9 @@ base64_encode(const unsigned char *src, int len)
     k = k / 3 * 4;
 
     if (k < len)
-	return "";
+	return NULL;
 
-    w = GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(k);
+    w = GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(k + 1);
     w[k] = 0;
 
     at = w;
@@ -2061,5 +2061,5 @@ base64_encode(const unsigned char *src, int len)
 	    *at++ = '=';
 	}
     }
-    return w;
+    return (char *)w;
 }
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 0e6a79a..04d7c8f 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -1175,7 +1175,11 @@ AuthBasicCred(struct http_auth *ha, Str uname, Str pw, ParsedURL *pu,
     Str s = Strdup(uname);
     Strcat_char(s, ':');
     Strcat(s, pw);
-    return Strnew_m_charp("Basic ", base64_encode(s->ptr, s->length), NULL);
+    char *base64 = base64_encode(s->ptr, s->length);
+    if (!base64)
+	return Strnew_charp("Basic ");
+    else
+	return Strnew_m_charp("Basic ", base64, NULL);
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_DIGEST_AUTH
diff --git a/proto.h b/proto.h
index 1f8e7d2..6aafbb4 100644
--- a/proto.h
+++ b/proto.h
@@ -829,4 +829,4 @@ void srand48(long);
 long lrand48(void);
 #endif
 
-extern const char *base64_encode(const unsigned char *src, int len);
+extern char *base64_encode(const unsigned char *src, int len);