Re: HTTP OPTIONS and auth issues

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On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:55 PM, D'Ausilio, John <John.DAusilio@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I've got a tomcat app with apache (2.2) in front of it. Apache handles the
> auth through LDAP and requires membership in a specific group. One of the
> app features allows the user to generate an csv file from some data and
> download it. When this download fires with an IE client, the browser also
> issues an HTTP OPTIONS request against / which fails with a 401 and pops the
> auth dialog again. Users can just cancel that dialog and proceed, but I'd
> rather it didn't appear at all! Is there some way to configure apache to
> route OPTIONS requests to the bit-bucket? Is it Apache or really Tomcat
> that's generating the 401? Any hints/clues appreciated!

You could try wrapping your auth directives in a <LimitExcept OPTIONS>
... </LimitExcept>.

Joshua.

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