Merge pull request #111 from nerdmaennchen/master
explicitly tell users that the www-authenticate header must be set on…
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Authenticate users by an [HTTP Basic access authentication][BasicAuth_0] call.
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Authenticate users by an [HTTP Basic access authentication][BasicAuth_0] call.
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HTTP server of your choice to authenticate. It should return HTTP 2xx for correct credentials and an appropriate other error code for wrong ones or refused access.
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HTTP server of your choice to authenticate. It should return HTTP 2xx for correct credentials and an appropriate other error code for wrong ones or refused access.
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The HTTP server _must_ respond to any requests to the target URL with the "www-authenticate" header set.
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Otherwise BasicAuth considers itself to be misconfigured or the HTTP server unfit for authentication.
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### Configuration
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### Configuration
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The only supported parameter is the URL of the web server where the authentication happens.
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The only supported parameter is the URL of the web server where the authentication happens.
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