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i thought this would work but for some reason it doesn't. </p>
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auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;
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When i specify the return, 200 or 301, it just skips the auth_basic and processes the return statement.</p>
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If i comment out the return statement it works OK. Ideally i want just an <code style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 5px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Lucida Console", "Liberation Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(239, 240, 241); white-space: pre-wrap;">/auth</code> endpoint
that once authenticated it will 301 redirect to $host, e.g. return 301 <a href="http://$host" class="OWAAutoLink">
http://$host</a> </p>
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Can someone explain why this behaves this way and what is the correct configuration.</p>
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many thanks</p>
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