[mythtv-users] Apache authentication problem with mythweb

[Jim Stichnoth]

This is probably more of an Apache problem than mythweb, but I'll ask
anyway.

I've had an ongoing problem with getting authentication to work when trying
to access my mythweb page from my Android phone when using the cellular
data network.  I am using Apache Digest authentication.  I can access the
mythweb page from home, using my username/password, but typically (though
not always) when I am not using WiFi, it does not prompt for a
username/password and gives the following response:

401 Authorization Required
This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document
requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password),
or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.
Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server at
xxx.dyndns.org<http://stichnot.dyndns.org/> Port
80

My mythweb.conf contains the following:
    AuthType           Digest
    AuthName           "MythTV"
    AuthUserFile       /etc/mythtv/mythweb-digest
    Require            valid-user
    BrowserMatch       "MSIE"      AuthDigestEnableQueryStringHack=On
    Order              allow,deny
    Satisfy            any

This problem happens the same way with both Chrome and Firefox, so
presumably it's something at the OS level.  I haven't been able to figure
out a reliable pattern for failure, or more importantly a reliable pattern
for success.  Has anyone encountered and solved this problem?

Jim
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