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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by ta...@softhome.net on 2002/09/18 15:43:51 UTC
[users@httpd] Re: auth prob with netscape browsers
sorry, I can be more specific here.
I am using rrdcgi (part of rrdtool)
http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/rrdcgi.html
The cgi script creates the gifs on the fly and dumps them in a seperate
html directory which contains the .htaccess file.
The cgi script then parses the html page to the client browser
which reads the gifs from the html dir, its here that Netscape
browsers seem to prompt for a password for every gif:-(
hope this helps
thanks
Steve
Boyle Owen writes:
> Normally, I'd just say that this was a browser problem - but this business with the CGI sounds odd. What exactly do you mean by "creates and displays" - the CGI makes the images, but how does it "display" them? Do you mean that it makes a new page with <img src> tags pointing to the created images?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: taddd@softhome.net [mailto:taddd@softhome.net]
>>Sent: Mittwoch, 18. September 2002 12:59
>>To: users@httpd.apache.org
>>Subject: [users@httpd] auth prob with netscape browsers
>>
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am having htaccess problems using apache and linux netscape
>>browsers (ver 4 and 6)
>>
>>I am using a cgi script within the cgi-bin that creates and displays 10
>>gif's in an html directory that is .htaccess password protected.
>>Every browser apart from netscape works fine with this (asking once
>> for a password and then displaying all the gifs.
>>
>>My problem is that Netscape browsers prompt for a password for every
>>gif within the html directory:-(
>>
>>ive search the archives, searched google and am now at a loss.
>>
>>please help me !!
>>
>>thanks
>>Steve
>>
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[users@httpd] Re: auth prob with netscape browsers
Posted by ta...@softhome.net.
Sander Holthaus - Orange XL writes:
> This sounds more like a problem with Netscape to me. Certain older
> browsers
> do not "cache" entered passwords, thus for every HTTP-connection (e.g.
> every image) you'll need to provide a username and password.
> Are you using basic or digest authentication?
im currently using basic authentification.
would you suggest using digest ?
thanks
Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ta...@softhome.net>
> To: <us...@httpd.apache.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:43 PM
> Subject: [users@httpd] Re: auth prob with netscape browsers
>
>
>>
>> sorry, I can be more specific here.
>> I am using rrdcgi (part of rrdtool)
>> http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/rrdcgi.html
>> The cgi script creates the gifs on the fly and dumps them in a seperate
>> html directory which contains the .htaccess file.
>> The cgi script then parses the html page to the client browser
>> which reads the gifs from the html dir, its here that Netscape
>> browsers seem to prompt for a password for every gif:-(
>>
>> hope this helps
>>
>> thanks
>> Steve
>>
>> Boyle Owen writes:
>> > Normally, I'd just say that this was a browser problem - but this
> business with the CGI sounds odd. What exactly do you mean by "creates and
> displays" - the CGI makes the images, but how does it "display" them? Do you
> mean that it makes a new page with <img src> tags pointing to the created
> images?
>> >
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: taddd@softhome.net [mailto:taddd@softhome.net]
>> >>Sent: Mittwoch, 18. September 2002 12:59
>> >>To: users@httpd.apache.org
>> >>Subject: [users@httpd] auth prob with netscape browsers
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Hi,
>> >>
>> >>I am having htaccess problems using apache and linux netscape
>> >>browsers (ver 4 and 6)
>> >>
>> >>I am using a cgi script within the cgi-bin that creates and displays 10
>> >>gif's in an html directory that is .htaccess password protected.
>> >>Every browser apart from netscape works fine with this (asking once
>> >> for a password and then displaying all the gifs.
>> >>
>> >>My problem is that Netscape browsers prompt for a password for every
>> >>gif within the html directory:-(
>> >>
>> >>ive search the archives, searched google and am now at a loss.
>> >>
>> >>please help me !!
>> >>
>> >>thanks
>> >>Steve
>> >>
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Re: [users@httpd] Re: auth prob with netscape browsers
Posted by Sander Holthaus - Orange XL <in...@orangexl.com>.
This sounds more like a problem with Netscape to me. Certain older browsers
do not "cache" entered passwords, thus for every HTTP-connection (e.g. every
image) you'll need to provide a username and password.
Are you using basic or digest authentication?
----- Original Message -----
From: <ta...@softhome.net>
To: <us...@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:43 PM
Subject: [users@httpd] Re: auth prob with netscape browsers
>
> sorry, I can be more specific here.
> I am using rrdcgi (part of rrdtool)
> http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/rrdcgi.html
> The cgi script creates the gifs on the fly and dumps them in a seperate
> html directory which contains the .htaccess file.
> The cgi script then parses the html page to the client browser
> which reads the gifs from the html dir, its here that Netscape
> browsers seem to prompt for a password for every gif:-(
>
> hope this helps
>
> thanks
> Steve
>
> Boyle Owen writes:
> > Normally, I'd just say that this was a browser problem - but this
business with the CGI sounds odd. What exactly do you mean by "creates and
displays" - the CGI makes the images, but how does it "display" them? Do you
mean that it makes a new page with <img src> tags pointing to the created
images?
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: taddd@softhome.net [mailto:taddd@softhome.net]
> >>Sent: Mittwoch, 18. September 2002 12:59
> >>To: users@httpd.apache.org
> >>Subject: [users@httpd] auth prob with netscape browsers
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I am having htaccess problems using apache and linux netscape
> >>browsers (ver 4 and 6)
> >>
> >>I am using a cgi script within the cgi-bin that creates and displays 10
> >>gif's in an html directory that is .htaccess password protected.
> >>Every browser apart from netscape works fine with this (asking once
> >> for a password and then displaying all the gifs.
> >>
> >>My problem is that Netscape browsers prompt for a password for every
> >>gif within the html directory:-(
> >>
> >>ive search the archives, searched google and am now at a loss.
> >>
> >>please help me !!
> >>
> >>thanks
> >>Steve
> >>
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