[Zope] IE 5.0 and Basic Auth

[JB]

Hmmm... sorry but, I don't know what IIS is. I'm running Zope on Redhat
6.1 with Apache and pcgi.

Martijn Pieters wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 04:38:47PM -0400, JB wrote:
> > I have been fielding all kinds of complaints about erratic behaviour
> > with Zope Basic Authentication and the common denominator seems to be IE
> > 5.? I know nothing about windows, etc. Would someone be able to
> > enlighten me as to why every version of netscape I've tried works
> > properly, and IE 4.0 works properly, but IE 5.0 won't even allow me to
> > manage a site??
> 
> You are probably running Zope behind IIS and forgot to switch of the custom
> error reporting IIS throws in, that kills the authentication header Zope
> sends. IE 5.0 is actually doing the right thing there, by not asking you for
> authentication, while the other browser versions ignore the laxk of an
> authentication header.
> 
> For more info on how to switch this off, see the WEBSERVER.txt file in the
> Zope doc/ directory.
> 
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> Martijn Pieters
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