Hi, > I think you're right - the second application is really just another > instance of the browser. This might be because you are using > "target=_blank" in the link to force a new window. If you don't do this it > should use the same window and so retain the credentials. > Apache produces a directory listing for this dir, so there is no target=_blank in it. To Aaron: >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. > But there is only one AuthName, the one for the dir /srv/www/htdocs/excel. Both IE and Excel access this dir. What do you mean by "AuthName of the original page" ? Regards, 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