Hi,
I have set up a password protected directroy as follows:
Directory /srv/www/htdocs/excel
AuthType Basic
AuthName Access for Excel Files
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/excel-files
require user 9034001
/Directory
This dir contains MS Excel files. The Internet Explorer asks me for the
username and
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From: Stefan-Michael. Guenther (in-put GbR)
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Sent: Montag, 12. September 2005 15:58
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Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache checks authentication twice
Hi,
I have set up a password protected directroy as follows
Hi,
I think you're right - the second application is really just another
instance of the browser. This might be because you are using
target=_blank in the link to force a new window. If you don't do this it
should use the same window and so retain the credentials.
Apache produces a directory
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From: Stefan-Michael. Guenther (in-put GbR)
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Sent: Montag, 12. September 2005 16:17
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Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache checks authentication twice
Hi,
I think you're right - the second application
On 9/12/05, Stefan-Michael. Guenther (in-put GbR) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This dir contains MS Excel files. The Internet Explorer asks me for the
username and password as expected. When I click on one of the Excel files,
Excel comes up and asks me a second time for a username and passwort.
Answers inline.
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Boyle Owen wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Stefan-Michael. Guenther (in-put GbR)
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Sent: Montag, 12. September 2005 16:17
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache checks authentication twice
Hi,
Absolutely right, I've run into it myself. IE sees the file
extension, and triggers Excel (using an MS web library client, I
forget the exact name) to issue a second HTTP request. Incorrectly, in
my opinion, because it doesn't even evaluate the MIME type first; in
fact, it ignores the MIME
