Another HTAccess Question

[JockoHomo]

I have a members site that I am having problems with. Member's are prompted for the user/pass to get in...then they are prompted a second time to access a video inside.

Now I have found out that when the enter the site using the prefex www.sitename.com they do NOT have to reenter the user/password once they are in.

They DO have to enter it again when they enter the site via sitename.com without the www prefix.

I have tried various lines in the htaccess file but I have not solved the problem. This is a basic apache setup...so I am sure that someone has encountered this before.

What should I do to solve this?

[PornCious]

Do you have rewrite rule setup within .htaccess for non-www to go to www?

[JockoHomo]

Yes, but doesn't seem to be working.

[PornCious]

Ok, so i assume you want users to enter password twice regardless how they enter your member area, correct? If so, your host needs to activate mod_rewrite (for htaccess rewrite), mod_alias (for htaccess redirects) in Apache. Or you can do it if you have access to httpd.conf. Once activated, you can create rule to setup www to go to non-www(or vice-versa) and your users will be forced to enter password twice.

[Tent Pitcher]

I have a members site that I am having problems with. Member's are prompted for the user/pass to get in...then they are prompted a second time to access a video inside.

Now I have found out that when the enter the site using the prefex www.sitename.com they do NOT have to reenter the user/password once they are in.

They DO have to enter it again when they enter the site via sitename.com without the www prefix.

I have tried various lines in the htaccess file but I have not solved the problem. This is a basic apache setup...so I am sure that someone has encountered this before.

What should I do to solve this?

Can you post (or PM me) your .htaccess file? The order as well as the switches for your commands are critical.

Without seeing it, the basics of enabling mod_rewrite are (assuming a linux server and apache 2.2):

1. Run 'a2enmod rewrite' to enable mod_rewrite in apache

2. Modify your apache config file - '/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default' in most cases and change 'AllowOverride None' to 'AllowOverride All' for / and /var/www

3. Restart apache

Your .htaccess should look something like this (and be in /var/www):

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} !^tentpitcher\.com
RewriteRule .? [url]http://tentpitcher.com[/url] [L,R=301]

That would redirect anyone coming in on anything other than tentpitcher.com (like www.tentpitcher.com) to http://tentpitcher.com. Of course, it is highly subjective, so if it doesn't work I again suggest posting your .htaccess.