Excellent! Works like a charm! Thanks kindly!! jd
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Slive Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:29 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTTP OPTIONS and auth issues On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:55 PM, D'Ausilio, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've got a tomcat app with apache (2.2) in front of it. Apache handles the > auth through LDAP and requires membership in a specific group. One of the > app features allows the user to generate an csv file from some data and > download it. When this download fires with an IE client, the browser also > issues an HTTP OPTIONS request against / which fails with a 401 and pops the > auth dialog again. Users can just cancel that dialog and proceed, but I'd > rather it didn't appear at all! Is there some way to configure apache to > route OPTIONS requests to the bit-bucket? Is it Apache or really Tomcat > that's generating the 401? Any hints/clues appreciated! You could try wrapping your auth directives in a <LimitExcept OPTIONS> ... </LimitExcept>. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] ###################################################################### The information contained in this communication is confidential and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not a named addressee, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. If you have received this communication, and are not a named recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. ###################################################################### --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
