Hi,

I'm using Apache 2.2. I have an .htaccess file that forces users to
authenticate

AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile "/home/dave/www/www/admin/.htpasswd"
AuthName Limited!
require valid-user

but my desire is that before users are prompted to log in, the URL is
rewritten if it lacks certain components. Specifically, if the URL
does not contain "www" as the first subdomain, I would like it added,
and if the URL does not begin with "https", I would like that to be
included. So, for example, if a user typed in "mydomain.com/admin",
the URL would be rewritten as "https://www.mydomain.com/admin".

How can I add these rewrite rules while at the same time only having
the user authenticate themselves once?

Thanks, - Dave

On 2007-02-09, laredotornado@zipmail.com <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote:
> rewritten if it lacks certain components. Specifically, if the URL
> does not contain "www" as the first subdomain, I would like it added,

Use the UseCanonicalName directive to 'correct' the domain name.

> and if the URL does not begin with "https", I would like that to be
> included.

Then put a redirect in the http vhost to redirect to the https bit in
a <Location > directive.

Davide

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