[cobalt-users] Custom 401 Page inside protected site

[Octavio Heredia <oheredia@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

I have read and read (Sun's KB, Google, users and developer's lists) the
multiple ways of doing customer error pages. I have my script working for
the 400,403,404, and 500 errors. However, I have a little problem with the
401 (Authentication Required) error code.

I have a site where the password protected url is www.example.com/ (the
site's root, this is a must and cannot be changed). I have all of the
necessary scripts and pages for my custom error pages inside
www.example.com/error/. The .htaccess file has a line for the 401 error:
"ErrorDocument 401 /error/error.php?401"

BUT because it is protected as well it will not display the appropriate
page, instead the browser receives the following error: "Additionally, a 401
Authorization Required error was encountered while trying to use an Error
Document to handle the request"

I can understand this but I would like to find a way around it. I found a
solution that worked for someone at the following link, however it did not
work for me. Where would the location directive need to go so this only
applies to one of the virtual sites?
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/modperl/941942

If anyone else has a working solutions I would greatly appreciate it.

Octavio Heredia
Corporate Systems
oheredia@xxxxxxxxxx

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