The following reply was made to PR mod_access/5074; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: James Marquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_access/5074: IE5 authentication problem Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:33:46 -0300 Thank you Marc; I do have a customized script for error responses, it has always worked so I did not think of looking at it again. I commented out my ErrorDocument directive and it worked. I will rewrite my script, but now I at least know where the problem is. Again thanx a bunch! -James At 01:09 AM 09/29/1999 , you wrote: >Synopsis: IE5 authentication problem > >State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback >State-Changed-By: marc >State-Changed-When: Tue Sep 28 21:09:37 PDT 1999 >State-Changed-Why: >Your server is generating an invalid header, and IE is >well within its rights to say "what the heck?" > >Note: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet www.bbsr.edu 80 >Trying 209.27.142.148... >Connected to w3.bbsr.edu. >Escape character is '^]'. >GET /rpi/climate/WGactivities/wghome.html HTTP/1.0 > >HTTP/1.0 401 >Server: Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) ><BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"><H2>BBSR World-Wide-Web Service</H2> >WWW-Authenticate: > ><HEAD><TITLE>BBSR WWW Service: 401</TITLE></HEAD> >[...] >How are you generating this page? Do you have any ErrorDocument >directives setup? If so, what do they point to? They probably point to a >broken script or something.