I'm getting an error when attempting to configure LiveWriter for a Blog using MT versrion 4.1. This is the error I'm getting when attempting to configure LiveWriter for the Blog:
[img]http://skipr.net/junk/MT-LiveWriterError.png[/img]

An error occurred while attempting to connect to your weblog:
Blog Server Error - Error 1 occurred
Invalid Login
You must correct this error before proceeding

I gave it my usual login and password and the correct URL for the XML-RPC interface.

Does anyone have any clues?

Marius

You need to use your web services password

Manage->Users->(Select User)->Profile click on reveal for web services password.

Beauty! Works like a charm. Thanks OtherNiceMan!

Marius

A follow up question:

It appears that there is only one web services password.

I have two separate weblogs with independent contributors. I'd like them to use Livewriter. However, it appears that even when I set up another user to have admin privileges, that only the main admin (myself) has a webservices password.

Am I missing something here or is this a MT limitation?

Marius

I will have to double check, I believe each author should have their own password.

While you're offering help, OtherNiceMan, I'm hoping you can help me on a very basic level: Setting up WLW to work with MT 3.121.

When I use MT (without WLW), I go to http://blogs.pcworld.com/mt.cgi?__mode=logout to login.

WLW says the remote posting URL should be in this format: http://<hostname>/<mt_path>/mt-xmlrpc.cgi and I can't figure out what to give it.

I've tried combinations, none work:
http://blogs.pcworld.com/mt-xmlrpc.cgi
http://blogs.pcworld.com/log/mt-xmlrpc.cgi

Thanks for the help.

Steve

You have to logon as that user to get the web services password for that account, just checked on my dev system, each account has a different password.

It should be the first one, provided mt-xmlrpc.cgi is in the correct location and has not been renamed.