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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:02:42 -0400
From: "Wagner, Aaron" <aaron.wagner@bankofamerica.com>
To: users@httpd.apache.org, S.Guenther@in-put.de
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Thread-topic: [users@httpd] Apache checks authentication twice
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Subject: RE: [users@httpd] Apache checks authentication twice

If the AuthName of the excel directrory is different that the Authname
of the original page, then it will prompt.  It thinks it's a different
realm.


Thanx
Aaron N Wagner
Monitoring Systems and Network Tools
CCO-Command Center Operations
804.515.6298
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan-Michael. Guenther (in-put GbR) 
> [mailto:S.Guenther@in-put.de] 
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:58 AM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: [users@httpd] 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.
> Does anyone of you know a trick to get rid of the second 
> authentication 
> window?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Stefan
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