Hi,

I'm trying to use WWW-Authenticate in my codes to prompt for the network 
username/password but the logon dialog keeps prompting 3 times for the 
username/password eventhough the credential supplied each time is correct.

Code:

	Response.Buffer = True
	Response.Status = "401 Unauthorized"
	Response.AddHeader "WWW-Authenticate", "BASIC"

Is this a feature or am i doing something wrong?

Any helps are greatly appreciated.

Tai.

Tai, you haven't included any other code so I'm just guessing here - are 
you checking whether you actually have the credentials before sending 
these headers?  If not then that will be causing your problems.  This is 
the code I use in these circumstances:
If Len(Trim(Request.ServerVariables ("LOGON_USER"))) = 0 Then
	Response.Status = "401 Unauthorized"
	Response.AddHeader "WWW-Authenticate", "NTLM"
	Response.End
End If

I use "NTLM" instead of Basic - this causes the browser to automatically 
send the network logon without prompting the user at all (assuming this is 
intranet).  If you need to use Basic instead, then I think the user name 
comes in Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_USER"), but I'm not 100%.

hth
Phil
>----------------------------------------------
> Hi,

> I'm trying to use WWW-Authenticate in my codes to prompt for the network 
u> sername/password but the logon dialog keeps prompting 3 times for the 
u> sername/password eventhough the credential supplied each time is 
correct.

> Code:

> 	Response.Buffer = True
	> Response.Status = "401 Unauthorized"
	> Response.AddHeader "WWW-Authenticate", "BASIC"

> Is this a feature or am i doing something wrong?

> Any helps are greatly appreciated.

> Tai.

How are you entering your credentials? Are you using DOMAIN\User syntax?

Cheers
Ken

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From: "Tai Vu" <tai.vu@u...>
Subject: [asp_web_howto] WWW-Authenticate


: I'm trying to use WWW-Authenticate in my codes to prompt for the network
: username/password but the logon dialog keeps prompting 3 times for the
: username/password eventhough the credential supplied each time is correct.
:
: Code:
:
: Response.Buffer = True
: Response.Status = "401 Unauthorized"
: Response.AddHeader "WWW-Authenticate", "BASIC"
:
: Is this a feature or am i doing something wrong?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Phil/Ken,

Thanks for both your helps on this issue, i am actually steering away from 
Basic/NTLM and use database authentication instead.

Regards

Tai. 

> Tai, you haven't included any other code so I'm just guessing here - are 
y> ou checking whether you actually have the credentials before sending 
t> hese headers?  If not then that will be causing your problems.  This is 
t> he code I use in these circumstances:
I> f Len(Trim(Request.ServerVariables ("LOGON_USER"))) = 0 Then
	> Response.Status = "401 Unauthorized"
	> Response.AddHeader "WWW-Authenticate", "NTLM"
	> Response.End
E> nd If

> I use "NTLM" instead of Basic - this causes the browser to automatically 
s> end the network logon without prompting the user at all (assuming this 
is 
i> ntranet).  If you need to use Basic instead, then I think the user name 
c> omes in Request.ServerVariables("AUTH_USER"), but I'm not 100%.

> hth
P> hil
>> ----------------------------------------------
>>  Hi,

> > I'm trying to use WWW-Authenticate in my codes to prompt for the 
network 
u> > sername/password but the logon dialog keeps prompting 3 times for the 
u> > sername/password eventhough the credential supplied each time is 
c> orrect.

> > Code:

> > 	Response.Buffer = True
	> > Response.Status = "401 Unauthorized"
	> > Response.AddHeader "WWW-Authenticate", "BASIC"

> > Is this a feature or am i doing something wrong?

> > Any helps are greatly appreciated.

> > Tai.