The following reply was made to PR mod_auth-any/4444; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], apache-bugdb@apache.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_auth-any/4444: Apache loops under certain circumstances when accessing password-protected dirs Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 23:02:33 -0700 Hi- Sorry to bother you, I hadn't heard anything back on this. I just spoke to people at a different site and I managed to get a reproducible account which you guys can test: > If you went into the soeais area with a url like > https://soeadm.ucsd.edu:443/soeais/... > and again if you went in without the :443 > https://soeadm.ucsd.edu/soeais/... > > Then after that point, it could apparently sometimes become confused > about how to authenticate you properly for that directory. This seems > to be caused by the fact that you could be asked to authenticate twice > for the area. The more I looked at it, this appeared to be the case for me as well. It does not matter whether or not you use fully-qualified hostnames or not (as I originally stated), but rather which you use _first_. For example, if you access one of the internal sites I manage at sdhelp.west then re-access it at sdhelp.west.sun.com, the server will loop. The same thing happens if you do it in the reverse; it seems reaching a directory with two different hostnames confuses the server and it just loops. I have not experienced it trying to authenticate users twice in these situations, but it sounds related. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know. I will try to take a look at the source when I have time but unfortunately do not know Apache as well as you (obviously). Note that re-reading the database reports it seems this could be related to `mod_auth-any/4399'. Thanks again for your help. -Nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thank you very much for your problem report. > It has the internal identification `mod_auth-any/4444'. > The individual assigned to look at your > report is: apache. > > >Category: mod_auth-any > >Responsible: apache > >Synopsis: Apache loops under certain circumstances when accessing > >password-protected dirs > >Arrival-Date: Wed May 19 20:00:02 PDT 1999
