Thanks for the reply. I've been through the FAQ again, and don't see where URL space is relevant (although I'm sure that's a deficiency in my understanding). Consider www.foo.com (hypothetically - I've just realized that's actually a real site), and that /usr/local/apache2/htdocs is set as AuthName "bar" in httpd.conf. Everything behaves perfectly as expected, except a link to /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/foobar/foobar.wmv causes a re-prompt for authentication credentials. In the client popup, the user is advised that a password is required for www.foo.com. The link that causes this is from /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/index.htm, and merely points to "foobar/foobar.wmv". For every other link and file on the server, authentication seems to be working exactly the way I would have expected. For example, a link that points to "foobar/picture.jpg" does not cause an authentication re-prompt. I realize I'm repeating myself here, but I'm trying to illustrate that I'm not sure how this is a URL space issue. I've re-looked at the FAQ again, and made two changes - I set UseCanonicalName to off in httpd.conf, and I added an .htaccess file in /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/foobar that simply repeats "AuthName "bar"". Still no joy. I appreciate your patience; perhaps a slightly more detailed pointer would nudge me in the right direction. -----Original Message----- From: Nick Kew [mailto:nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: January 3, 2006 2:24 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Authentication realms On Monday 02 January 2006 22:57, Dave Beach wrote: > Hi list! > > I'm having a small problem. I have basic authentication set up (httpd > v2.2.0), and it works as I would expect - except that when a user > requests a Windows Media file (wmv) from a subordinate page, the > client browser prompts again for the user's credentials. That's the browser doing the prompting. Which means the *browser* sees the wmv file as not being within the already-authenticated area. You need to sort out your URL space. The internal organisation of Apache (thngs like directories) is not relevant (except indirectly, when it affects URL space). There's a FAQ entry that might be relevant to you. -- Nick Kew --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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