>When we go to several httpd process, it appears that the response to one >request from a browser which may be made up of many files that need to >be sent back, these requests can be handled by any of the http processes >(which is ok by itself ) but when this occurs, a password request(and >perhaps an SMB query) is made for each of the httpd process.
Exactly one SMB query for each httpd process per KeepAlive Connection (which can serve many requests) > The httpd >processes appear to operate independently of each other, unless the >browser sends all its requests down the 1 tcp channel. Yes, that's true. >I have started to add to the code to log authentications to disc, so >that each httpd process can also reference this disc file to verify if >it has authenticated a user beforehand from another process. I remember there is a module called Apache::AuthenCache (or similar). I nvere have used it, but it does similar things. Maybe it would be usefull for you. >I hope I am going about this the right way.. As far as I can see caching works only if you using Basic Authentication, for NTLM authetication (i.e. what IE does when it authenticates with currented logged in user automaticly) can not be cached. >My more immediate problem is that I am currently losing the contents of >posted variables in a request packet whenever I use the AuthenNTLM >module, I have heared of a similiar problem, but I need to investigate it more, before I can say anything. Gerald P.S. A new release of Apache::AuthenNTLM will be soon available ------------------------------------------------------------- Gerald Richter ecos electronic communication services gmbh Internetconnect * Webserver/-design/-datenbanken * Consulting Post: Tulpenstrasse 5 D-55276 Dienheim b. Mainz E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +49 6133 925131 WWW: http://www.ecos.de Fax: +49 6133 925152 -------------------------------------------------------------
