RE: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized

From: Jim Cheshire [MSFT] (jamesche_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:54:41 GMT

Hi Eben,

In order to know what is causing this, we need to know the full status
code. There are many reason for a 401 status code. It should be 401.#.
What is the number after the dot?

Jim Cheshire [MSFT]
MCP+I, MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA
Microsoft Developer Support
jamesche@online.microsoft.com

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>From: Eben Jansen van Rensburg <ebenj@proactive-integ.co.za>
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>Hi all,
>
>Sorry if you had this one before, but I hope you can help. I'm running
>VS.NET 2003 on a Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition. The server acts
>as a Domain Controller and a Web Server. It is purely used for
>development. I should probably not do development on a server but I
>need the functionality.
>
>Everytime I want to create a new web project or open an existing one, I
>am asked for my username and password. Although the username and
>password IS CORRECT, it doesn't autheticate me. And if I cancel the
>logon window, I receive a massage that I can't open or create the web
>project because the virtual directory and the fisical path need to map
>to the same location and I get that dreaded HTTP 401: Unauthorized
>error.
>
>How can I prevent being asked a username and password when opening a web
>project in VS.NET. It must be some kind of a security issue. IT IS
>DRIVING ME NUTS!
>
>Thanx 4 you're help guys.
>
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