Auth with .htpasswd requests. user/pass twice!

[The_Bell]

I have this .htaccess file in a dir to restrict the access to the web page there:

AuthUserFile <path to the .htpasswd file>
AuthName "Domini Restringit platelet-research"
AuthType Basic

require valid-user

Well i added a username with the htpasswd command, and when I try to access the web page through Mozilla, everything goes right, but I don't know why Internet Explorer requests the username and pasword twice, if I put it ok the first time, the user/password dialog box appears again. I tried it with Konkeror, and even lynx, and those programs also requires me to input the fields twice.

Could anyone help to solve this?
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[Messiah]

it is because your hostname is domain.xxx and your serveralias is in the form of www.domain.xxx. You call the URL www.domain.xxx/directory, and the server maps it to domain.xxx/directory/, after applying the first username/password combo.

Solution:

- Make www.yourdomain.xxx your hostname and domain.xxx your alias
- Call the URL www.yourdomain.xxx/directory/ (note the trailing slash!)

HTH