perficut Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I've finally gotten my htaccess/htpassword scripts working and now I would like to know if its possible to eliminate the popup login. Perhaps use a form login and pass the parameter to htaccess? I've done a search and see that adding the username:password to the URL does this but when I do so, I get http/username:password@www.secretpage.html not found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 http://username:password@www.secretpage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perficut Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 works in netscape but not with explorer 7 any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 It "could" be a problem with your IE7....if you can get someone else to check it would be useful the likely fix Register the following Internet Explorer dll files Click Start, click Run, type: Regsvr32 jscript.dll Regsvr32 softpub.dll Regsvr32 mssip32.dll Regsvr32 initpki.dll Regsvr32 msxml3.dll Now optimize Internet Explorer for browsing secured sites Open Internet Options, make the folowing changes General Tab\ Delete...\ Delete cookies, temporary internet files Security Tab Reset all zones to Default Privacy Tab Reset to default Content Tab Clear SSL State Programs Tab Reset Web Settings Advanced Tab\ Security Check SSL 2.0 & 3.0 Un-Check Use TLS 1.0 Restore Defaults or a repair IE7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perficut Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 I just tried your suggestion and apparently I do NOT have the initpki.dll installed. I get an error to the effect of file not found. I made all the other adjustments, and when I try to enter the private section again and get the same messgae. "windows can not find .... check the spelling and try again." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 last option or a repair IE7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917964 did you get someone else to test ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perficut Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 tried it on IE6 at work. Same problem, different message. Got the default page not found message with IE6. You can check it out if you want. http://rob:rob@mdsnowremoval.com/private/index.htm of course the login id is rob and the pw is rob. I posted on another forum and was told that passing the id:pw this way has been a known security issue and to cause problems. I'm thinking of maybe finding another way to secure things. I already store the user info in an sql database. so if I can find some way to use php to access and verify the login info this might be easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 After some tests, it seams there is no workaround. The automatic login option in IE works with integrated authentication only. This is because basic authentication, exposes the password (at both the network and application layers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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