Prompted for network login when posting via AJAX 1

[tcstom]

I'm running an ASP.NET application on a local intranet. One form has a button than uses AJAX to post a form in the background. I'm finding that when clicking this button for the first time I receive a network login prompt to access the web server. Once a valid network account is provided I'm not prompted again but obviously I don't want it to appear at all. Any ideas? The AJAX itself is:

var post_data = 'id=' + ie_id + '&locked=' + (locked ? '1' : '0') + '&budget=' + budget + '&phase_id=' + phase_id + '&notes=' + notes;

var http_request = InstanceOfHttpRequest();
if (http_request.overrideMimeType) http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');

if (!http_request) return false;

http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { 
	if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		var response_text = (http_request.status == 200 ? http_request.responseText : '');
		if (response_text == 'failed') {
			alert('Error');
		} else {
			alert('Success');
		}
	}
}
		
http_request.open('POST', 'post.aspx', true);
http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-[URL unfurl="true"]www-form-urlencoded");[/URL]
http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", post_data.length);
http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
http_request.send(post_data);

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I doubt very much if this is an AJAX issue. It sounds more like a server configuration issue.

Try visiting the URL directly in a new session - you'll probably be asked for the password.

If so, i think you need to configure the server to not authenticate for that URL.

Hope this helps,
Dan





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[tcstom]

Thanks, you're probably right. I realise it's not your area of expertise, but are you able to explain how to configure a server to not authenticate certain URLs? It's just an IIS web server...

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I might be able to if I had it in front of me, but I don't. Your best bet is to ask in the IIS forum.

Dan



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