Bernie,
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 15:44:43 +0200, Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> When a file that is restricted is accessed the server tells this to the
> client whereby the client should (Arachne doesn't) ask the user for a valid
> login and password. These are then sent (encrypted or as plain text who
> knows?) back to the server which chec ks them against the encrypted file
> (files?) and allows or dissallows access to them. I've probably seen more
> pages with this on than pages that require SSL so I was suprised to find
> out that Arachne doesn't support it.
I don't know about Arachne "supporting" the M$ equivalent of login &
password for access, but I *do* know that Arachne is quite capable of
showing the "login box" on Linux/UNIX run servers. I've seen it many
times, going back many versions of Arachne.
Anyone ... who was it who claimed to see that 'login box' on the page in
question?
When I went to that page yet again a couple of days ago, it seemed to me
that the problem was simply a matter of incorrect "permissions" on the
files ... I can understand the "no read" permission being set for an
actual directory of any download directory, and if we're talking a m$
server here it might just be that the "no read" smeared over to all
files in the directory -- i.e. typical high quality m$ software
function.
l.d.
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