Thanks Andrew for the info. Will check with our team. On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Andrew Schulman <andrex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am using apache to host iOS related applications. I have integrated >> apache with our internal LDAP. When I try to access on a desktop it >> prompts for password only once. Where as in apple devices its >> prompting multiple times (I use plist). If the app consists of 4 >> files, it prompts for password for 4 times.Can you please recommend a >> better way to handle this? > > When you require HTTP authentication, the user's app or browser has to > send the username and password with each new request. So if your page > uses 4 files, the browser has to send the username and password 4 times. > > Most browsers hide this from the user by cacheing HTTP authentication > credentials (username and password), and presenting them again with each > new request. So the user authenticates just once, and the browser takes > care of it after that. > > It seems that your Apple devices aren't doing that. Cacheing HTTP auth > credentials is a basic browser feature, so if they're not doing it, it > seems like a bug. > > You don't have many choices. You can remove the authentication > requirement; ignore the problem if it's limited to just a few buggy > apps; or change to an application-based method of authentication, using > forms and cookies (assuming those buggy apps handle cookies correctly). > Sorry. > > Andrew > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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