Dominic, This would do for normal webpages, but as Matthew pointed out, it does not work for direct-linked pictures (or .mov or anything else the browser can display).
Matthew, I added your sugestion to my httpd.conf and it works perfectly. I can see apache sending a 403 error to the browser, and the browser (tested with firefox and IE) does not pop up the annoying dialog anymore. Thanx a lot for your help! I agree with you that maybe it would be better if the browser would interpret a authorisation request on a favicon.ico as a 404 (or 403) error, but on the other hand, the request for favicon isn't any different from a normal http request. Maybe you could even say it is up to apache to send the 403 rather than ask for authorisation. I think this could be an interresting discussion. Kind regards, Jasper -----Original Message----- From: Dominic Hargreaves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dominic Hargreaves Sent: woensdag 6 oktober 2004 12:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: repeated requests for a file favicon.ico On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 11:43:21AM +0200, Jasper Filon wrote: > I have a little issue with the favicon file. My www root is password protected. But > i also have a /public directory, which can be accessed by everyone. However, when > someone opens a picture in his webbrowser by opening > "www.mydomain.com/public/pictures/picture.jpg", he or she gets a login-dialog, > because the browser tries to open "www.mydomain.com/favicon.ico", which is a > restricted directory. Does anybody knows how to tell apache to simpy send a 404 > (page not found) instead of requiring username/password? Personally, I'd set a <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/public/favicon.ico"> or similar. I'm not sure if IE respects this, but I believe most other browsers do. Cheers, Dominic (wandering rapidly off-topic). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
