If anyone has a suggestion for a starting point on where I can begin
trying to figure this out i'd really appreciate hearing it.

thanks

Mm Zz wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I would love to hear your thoughts on this.
> 
> I am using the htpasswd plugin located here:
> http://wota.jp/svn/rails/plugins/branches/stable/htpasswd/
> 
> To validate access against a .htpasswd file.  The plugin is working
> great but currently if you fail to get the PW correct and generate a 401
> (Unauthorized) the user is presented with a completely blank page.
> 
> My goal is to at least redirect them to the home page or present a
> message saying their login attempts have failed.
> 
> Here is what i have tried:
> #application.rb
>   rescue_from Htpasswd::UnknownUserAccount, :with => :http_status_code
> 
> def http_status_code
>   redirect_to "http://someplace.com";
> end
> 
>  ^---- The above does nothing and does NOT catch anything.  I have tried
> with Htpasswd::Error, and ActiveResource::UnauthorizedAccess  --
> nothing.

> I have also tried a before filter with a method in application.rb
> calling htpasswd but i get an error saying the htpasswd method does not
> exist.
>
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