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@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:58 AM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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 > -- > > ******************************************** > in-put GbR - Das Linux-Systemhaus > Stefan-Michael Guenther > Moltkestrasse 49 D-76133 Karlsruhe > Tel./Fax : +49 (0)721 / 83044 - 98/93 > http://www.in-put.de > ******************************************** > Schulungen Installationen > Beratung Support > ******************************************** > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx