> -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan-Michael. Guenther (in-put GbR) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Montag, 12. September 2005 15:58 > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache checks authentication twice > > > 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 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. > > I guess that for apache a second application wants to access > this dir and > therefore it asks for the data, again.
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. Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > Does anyone of you know a trick to get rid of the second > authentication > window? > > Thanks in advance, > > Stefan > -- > > ******************************************** > in-put GbR - Das Linux-Systemhaus > Stefan-Michael Guenther > Moltkestrasse 49 D-76133 Karlsruhe > Tel./Fax : +49 (0)721 / 83044 - 98/93 > http://www.in-put.de > ******************************************** > Schulungen Installationen > Beratung Support > ******************************************** > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persnliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen Bezug zur B rsen- bzw. Geschftst tigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of a private and personal nature. It is not related to the exchange or business activities of the SWX Group. Le prsent e-mail est un message priv et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activit boursi re du Groupe SWX. This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender’s company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender’s company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
