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From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Apache bugs database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Subject: RE: mod_auth-any/5241: .htaccess asks for the user's password twi
ce (fwd)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:17:36 -0700 (MST)
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 18:12:18 -0000
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Subject: RE: mod_auth-any/5241: .htaccess asks for the user's password twi
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Including a trailing "/" fixes it. Thanks
Ol.
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> Synopsis: .htaccess asks for the user's password twice
>
> State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
> State-Changed-By: marc
> State-Changed-When: Wed Nov 3 10:09:10 PST 1999
> State-Changed-Why:
> You are almost certainly accessing a directory without
> including a trailing "/", as is required. When Apache
> corrects it, it has to send a redirect. If that redirect
> uses a different host name than the one you did originally,
> you will have to authenticate again. Either set your
> ServerName to the same name that is used to access the server
> or set "UseCanonicalName off".
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