What I have down is moved out specific auth handler down the chain into the 'fixup' state but it would be much nicer (and ituitive) to place it in the appropriate position.
> On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 21:00, Stathy Touloumis wrote: > > Actually, I DON'T want the browser to prompt for a > username/pass. I saw the > > examples in the eagle book and they all seem to use Authz, with Auth > > handlers using the example you showed. > > Perhaps I need to modify the headers so that the prompt does not occur? > > I have the exact same problem. I want my AuthenHandler to decide if the > user is prompted for a password. Unfortunately "the book" tells me: > > "By the time the handler is called, Apache will have done most of the > work in negotiating the HTTP Basic authentication protocol. It will have > alerted the browser that authentication is required to access the page, > and the browser will have prompted the user to enter his name and > password." > > Has anybody got an idea how to let a handler decide, if autthen. is > required?
