I can't actually reproduce this. My safari acts just fine in this case. I 
have Safari 1.3 (v312). I hate browser bugs.

BTW, my mozilla works fine also, so you may want to try that.

Peace and Luck!

Je77

On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 01:58:00PM -0400, Mark Guzdial wrote:
> It's the case for me that:
> 
> - If I visit http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/cs1315, I don't get prompted 
> for authentication from MacOS X Safari.
> - If I then visit a Swiki requesting authentication on the same server, 
> like http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/cs1315-ta or 
> http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/admin, I will get prompted for username and 
> password.
> - But now, when I go back to http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/cs1315 (without 
> restarting the server), I will now get prompted for authentication.
> 
> I attribute this to a bug in how Safari recognizes realms.  I don't 
> have such a problem in Windows XP IE.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Jun 23, 2005, at 1:40 PM, Jochen F. Rick wrote:
> 
> >I've investigated this and can't seem to find the bug. When swiki asks
> >for authentication, it includes a realm of /swiki1/*. The browser is 
> >then
> >supposed to know that the authentication only applies to that swiki. 
> >I'll
> >try to investigate it further, but currently I can't find the problem.
> >
> >Peace and Luck!
> >
> >Je77
> >
> >
> >On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 11:46:35AM -0300, Germ?n Arduino wrote:
> >>I've tried in Windows XP but with different browsers (Firefox and
> >>Internet Explorer) and in both I've the same problem. By that I think
> >>that may be a swiki problem more than a browser problem.
> >>
> >>gsa.
> >>
> >>2005/6/17, Mark Guzdial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >>>I find this with Mac OS X Safari, but not with Windows XP Internet
> >>>Explorer.  That makes me think that this is a browser issue.  My
> >>>suspicion is that the browser is remembering the server and 
> >>>associating
> >>>authentication with it, but not remembering the server with the path,
> >>>and thus, not recognizing that not all paths on the same server 
> >>>require
> >>>authentication.
> >>>
> >>>Mark
> >>>
> >>>On Jun 17, 2005, at 6:21 AM, Germ?n Arduino wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hi:
> >>>>
> >>>>I've several swikis in the same server, in the form:
> >>>>
> >>>>http://server1:8000/swiki1
> >>>>http://server1:8000/swiki2
> >>>>http://server1:8000/swiki3
> >>>>
> >>>>They all have security enabled with pairs username:password to
> >>>>different roles, as can be defined in the Swiki Administration Tool.
> >>>>
> >>>>I've the problem that when I (or any another user) try to go, by
> >>>>example, to swiki2 with a username:password pair, the swiki remains
> >>>>asking for username:password several times and (in the browser 
> >>>>dialog
> >>>>box that ask for the login data) says:
> >>>>
> >>>>"Enter username and password for */swiki1/*" at http://server1:8000
> >>>>
> >>>>being that I'm trying to go to swiki2.
> >>>>
> >>>>Afther a while (or canceling) the swiki let me go to swiki2 and
> >>>>desired page, but when I try to go back (yet inside swiki2) again 
> >>>>the
> >>>>multiple asking by username:password naming swiki1.
> >>>>
> >>>>The same is true with the others swikis.
> >>>>
> >>>>Any help will be appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>>Best Regards.
> >>>>
> >>>>Germ?n S. Arduino
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> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
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> >>>http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~mark.guzdial/
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