Password-protected dirs working but reporting unexpected errors

[Igor Sysoev]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 04:25:14AM -1000, TinyApps.Org wrote:

> Thanks so much, Igor!
> I'd like to send you a donation, but do not see
> a button on http://sysoev.ru/en/ or http://nginx.net/ .
> Do the donations to http://wiki.nginx.org/Main really
> go to you? Just want to make sure.

Yes, http://sysoev.ru/en/donation.html

> Yours Gratefully,
> 
> Miles
> 
> 
> On Jul 8, 2009, at 9:58 PM, Igor Sysoev wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 09:42:05PM -1000, TinyApps.Org wrote:
> >
> >>I sent this out a week ago and received no reply,
> >>so I am trying a second and final time to see if
> >>anyone can assist:
> >>
> >>Password protected directories are working fine,
> >>but when a legitimate user logs in, the following
> >>appears in the error log:
> >>
> >>[error] 3876#0: *12 no user/password was provided for basic
> >>authentication
> >>
> >>despite the fact that the username and password
> >>*were* supplied, and access was granted.
> >
> >The HTTP Basic authentication works as following:
> >*) A browser requests a page without user/password.
> >*) A server response with 401 page, sending realm as well.
> >  At this stage the 401 code appears in access_log and the message
> >  "no user/password ..." appears in error_log.
> >*) The browser shows a realm/login/password prompt.
> >*) If a user will press cancel, then the browser will show the  
> >received
> >  401 page.
> >*) If the user enters login/password, then the browser repeats the  
> >request
> >  with login/password.
> >
> >Then until you will exit the browser, it will send these login/ 
> >password
> >with all requests in protected hierarchy.
> >
> >>A bad username/password produces the expected error:
> >>
> >>[error] 3876#0: *12 user "whatever" was not found in "/etc/nginx/ 
> >>htpass"
> >>
> >>Has anyone else seen this or have any idea why such
> >>an error would be triggered?
> >
> >
> >-- 
> >Igor Sysoev
> >http://sysoev.ru/en/
> >
> 

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