Dear group, I have a system where by a zip file is downloaded from a web server (apache) over https and using an apache directive for the usename/password (such as below). The problem is that the username and password is never excepted in IE8 on Windows 7 (32bit). It works in FireFox,Chrome,IE7 (vista 32 bit), and ie8 on xp. Any help appreciated. Thanks. <Directory <dir_location>> AuthType Basic Authname "Username and Password Required" AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/<htpasswdfile> Require valid-user </Directory>
"glanfield" <glanfield@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1AF69588-63F2-4D37-9D9B-84B75F8B630D@microsoft.com... > Dear group, > > I have a system where by a zip file is downloaded from a web server > (apache) over https and using an apache directive for the usename/password > (such as below). The problem is that the username and password is never > excepted in IE8 on Windows 7 (32bit). It works in FireFox,Chrome,IE7 > (vista > 32 bit), and ie8 on xp. > Any help appreciated. > Thanks. > > > <Directory <dir_location>> > AuthType Basic > Authname "Username and Password Required" > AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/<htpasswdfile> > Require valid-user > </Directory> > Use a http tracing tool like Fiddler2 to see what is being sent by Apache to IE, it might be that there's a problem with the 401 response formatting. What security zone does IE show your site as being in? If it's in the Restricted Zone then IE will ignore any authentication requests. -- Dan