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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Jari M�kel�inen <ja...@hotmail.com> on 2004/12/29 00:26:59 UTC
[users@httpd] Authentication problem with Firefox
I am running Apache 2.0.51 on Fedora Core 2. I have setup a virtual host
having the document root </blah> and within the virtual host container I
have the directory container for document root directory setup as
<Directory /blah>
AuthName "blaharea"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /path/to/it
AuthGroupFile /path/to/it
Require group groupwithaccess
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
Then I have for subdirectory /blah/open the following directory container
after the /blah container:
<Directory /blah/open>
Satisfy Any
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
Now if I have understood correctly that should override the authentication
need for /blah/open directory?
In IE and Mozilla there's no password prompt presented when accessing a page
in /blah/open and the page is shown as it should. In Firefox 1.0 however a
password prompt for AuthRealm "/blaharea" pops up but also the page is
shown. So I can cancel the box away and the page works. Does anybody have
any idea why this happens with Firefox and how could I prevent the box from
popping up? Moving the page to different location is not an option this
time.
All help much appreciated.
-Jari Mäkeläinen
jarmake@hotmail.com
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Re: [users@httpd] Authentication problem with Firefox
Posted by Jari M�kel�inen <ja...@hotmail.com>.
>firefox might do more than one request, for example try to load additional
>css files or images from the protected area. have a look at the errorlog
>and at the accesslog. when opening the page, what files does firefox
>request?
>ralf
>
It seems it tried to request the dreaded favicon.ico and it did seem to
request if from the document root of course. I did a rewrite rule to point
the favicon.ico to the subdirectory and it did the trick and Firefox no
longer prompts password. Thanks for your help. Next time I check the logs
more carefully.
-jari
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Re: [users@httpd] Authentication problem with Firefox
Posted by Ralf Glauberman <rg...@michaeli-gymnasium.de>.
firefox might do more than one request, for example try to load additional
css files or images from the protected area. have a look at the errorlog and
at the accesslog. when opening the page, what files does firefox request?
ralf
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From: "Jari Mäkeläinen" <ja...@hotmail.com>
To: <us...@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:26 AM
Subject: [users@httpd] Authentication problem with Firefox
>I am running Apache 2.0.51 on Fedora Core 2. I have setup a virtual host
>having the document root </blah> and within the virtual host container I
>have the directory container for document root directory setup as
> <Directory /blah>
> AuthName "blaharea"
> AuthType Basic
> AuthUserFile /path/to/it
> AuthGroupFile /path/to/it
> Require group groupwithaccess
> Options FollowSymLinks
> AllowOverride All
> Order Allow,Deny
> Allow from All
> </Directory>
> Then I have for subdirectory /blah/open the following directory container
> after the /blah container:
> <Directory /blah/open>
> Satisfy Any
> Order Allow,Deny
> Allow from All
> </Directory>
>
> Now if I have understood correctly that should override the authentication
> need for /blah/open directory?
> In IE and Mozilla there's no password prompt presented when accessing a
> page in /blah/open and the page is shown as it should. In Firefox 1.0
> however a password prompt for AuthRealm "/blaharea" pops up but also the
> page is shown. So I can cancel the box away and the page works. Does
> anybody have any idea why this happens with Firefox and how could I
> prevent the box from popping up? Moving the page to different location is
> not an option this time.
>
> All help much appreciated.
>
> -Jari Mäkeläinen
> jarmake@hotmail.com
>
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