header problem using ip addresses

[graziano]

If I use this to enter a protected area ...

$filename = "http://user:[e-mail]";
header("Location: $filename");

no problems it works fine , it will redirect me to the password protected area .

But if I use this( ip address instead of domain name)
to enter a protected area ...

$filename = "http://user:pass@125.125.125.125";
header("Location: $filename");

the browser ask me user and password .
Why and may I solve this problem ?

[hand]

Are both usernames and passwords are identical?
If you are enter the string "http://user:pass@125.125.125.125" directly to the address field of your browser does the browser also ask you for userid and password?

[graziano]

Originally posted by hand
Are both usernames and passwords are identical?
If you are enter the string "http://user:pass@125.125.125.125" directly to the address field of your browser does the browser also ask you for userid and password?

No if I enter directly it doesn't ask for pass .

Thank you
Happy new Year 2003

[mahendrakalkura]

may be its because u dint specify the port number

try this

http://userass@125.125.125.125:21

just a guess

[diego25]

Port 21 is FTP...for HTTP, use port 80.

Anyway, I think the problem may be that the server is hosting more than one domain. So, when you say you want 125.125.125.125, the server doesn't know if you want domain.com, domain2.com, domain2.com, or what. So it's not possible for the server to authenticate you, since it doesn't know which domain to get the .htaccess file from.

Diego

[hand]

Originally posted by graziano

No if I enter directly it doesn't ask for pass .

If graziano enters the address directly to the address field of his browser manually, the browser doesn't force a user/password request!

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Ist it possible to make a test account, so we can test it?