Re: User gets challenged for authentication when opening a document

I believe that second challenge comes from the Office application (Excel in
this case) because it uses a different HTTP client internally (not your web
browser) with a new HTTP/HTTPS connection and hence subject to that
challenge for username/password from your site. If you can get the Office
app to not request for anything from your site to view the report, you
should not see the challenge.

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"John Beschler" <JohnBeschler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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WE have a WEB-Based application that (among other things) generates an
excel
spread*** that is returned to the user. The entire site is SSL secured
and
uses NTFS permissions for all pages.

All users must have a domain account to access the site. When initially
entering the site, they are challenged for their domain username/password.
Thereafter, no matter where they go within the site, they are not
challenged
again excpet for this one instance. Whenever they request this aprticular
report (in excel) once the report generates, the user is prompted as to
whether they wish to open the file or save it. Then, they are challenged
again for their domain username/password.

Can anyone explain to me why this is happeneing and how to elimnate the
second challenge. Permissions "should" be the same for the document as
for
the rest of the site.
Thanks,
John



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