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Train of what-has-been-tried for htpasswd issue in IE9
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IE9_htpasswd_issue.md

Some IE9 users unable to log in to a folder which is htpasswd protected

  • Of 7 IE9 users, 4 can't log in, 3 can
  • The username and password are both composed only of letters and numbers
  • The same version number for IE9 is present across the can/can't group
  • Caching is excluded as cause as 6 of the test group were first-time users
  • Directly accessing the file instead of the folder does not help
  • .htpasswd format has been tried as crypt and MD5, without difference
  • The page in question is set to no-cache with an expiry time in the past
  • The same user that cannot log in to folder A, can log in to folder B (with different credentials)
  • The same user that cannot log in with credentials A can log in with credentials B (both MD5)
  • The position of that set of credentials in the .htpasswd file seems to make no difference
  • The failing credentials also fail (for same IE9 user) on a different folder
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Stray commented Jan 30, 2013

Currently trying:

  • The non-working credentials on another folder... (test 1)

Result: The failing credentials also fail on a different folder.

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