> > I have one completely unsupported theory where the issue is related to the > fact that '/x' is presented by apache as a virtual resource. I wonder if > somehow this ends up mapping the realm to '/' instead of '/x'. I draw this > conclusion from the fact that the browser is pre-empting the Authorization > header to every resource. > close, if you can refactor this to require auth for /x/ with a trailing slash only then the browser would pre-emptively send to things. The problem with auth on /x is that your browser assumes everything under the most recent context root is protected -- which is / --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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