>Number: 4997 >Category: general >Synopsis: Netscape browsers looping on authentication when using alias >names >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 11 02:10:01 PDT 1999 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.3 >Environment: Sun Solaris 2.6
I have the same problem, but have additional information. If I go to "http://myhost:80"; and authenticate and after that to "http://myhost/"; then the browser goes into a spin. I have traced the problem and it seems that the browser gets confused when 2 hosts have the same "AuthName". I modified the Apache 1.3.9 code a bit and changed the "AuthName" to be a random number each request, this seems to remove the problem with the browser... But I dont know how to fix it "for real". (The IIS servers supply the current hostname or alias you go to, in their "AuthName", thats why it works with IIS...) >Description: >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
