IE8 on Windows 7 - https auth not working

Dear group,

I have a system where by a zip file is downloaded from a web server
(apache) over https and using an apache directive for the usename/password
(such as below). The problem is that the username and password is never
excepted in IE8 on Windows 7 (32bit). It works in FireFox,Chrome,IE7 (vista
32 bit), and ie8 on xp.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks.


<Directory <dir_location>>
AuthType Basic
Authname "Username and Password Required"
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/<htpasswdfile>
Require valid-user
</Directory>

"glanfield" <glanfield@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1AF69588-63F2-4D37-9D9B-84B75F8B630D@microsoft.com...
> Dear group,
>
> I have a system where by a zip file is downloaded from a web server
> (apache) over https and using an apache directive for the usename/password
> (such as below). The problem is that the username and password is never
> excepted in IE8 on Windows 7 (32bit). It works in FireFox,Chrome,IE7
> (vista
> 32 bit), and ie8 on xp.
> Any help appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
>
> <Directory <dir_location>>
> AuthType Basic
> Authname "Username and Password Required"
> AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/<htpasswdfile>
> Require valid-user
> </Directory>
>

Use a http tracing tool like Fiddler2 to see what is being sent by Apache to
IE, it might be that there's a problem with the 401 response formatting.

What security zone does IE show your site as being in? If it's in the
Restricted Zone then IE will ignore any authentication requests.

--
Dan