Htaccess and Internet Explorer

[Kirk V. Hastings]

Gentle Subscribers,

Usually I try to avoid clogging the list with my petty wants and needs.
However, I have run into a problem that I just can't solve.

I have set up an .htaccess file on a directory on SunSITE to limit access
to a series of scripts and forms. When using Netscape and quite a number of
less common browsers, I am prompted for a username and password and
everything works as intended.

However, when I try it in MS Internet Explorer, I get the following error:

   Internet Explorer could not open the Internet site
   http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/swish-bin/swish_create.pl

   The requested header was not found

Here is the contents of my .htaccess file:

   AuthUserFile /usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/swish-bin/.htpasswd
   AuthGroupFile /dev/null
   AuthName ByPassword
   AuthType Basic

   <Limit GET POST>
   require user guest
   </Limit>

I've tried everything I can think of and am at my rope's end. Is this a
problem with IE or have I gone terribly wrong somewhere?

Kirk


Kirk V. Hastings
Digital Library Research and Development
UC Berkeley Libraries