Re: MAC, Safari Web Browser, and error message

From: Mike Walsh (englantilainen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 19:43:52 +0300

I suppose it won't help to tell them that Safari isn't on the list of
supported browsers.

I can't remember the exact list but I think the only supported Mac browser
is IE for Mac.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
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"Jeff Koviack" <jkoviack@coe.no-ip.com> wrote in message
news:u5#9OQfMEHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I have several users (350) that use MAC OS X (10.3) and the majority of
them
> DEMAND (they are a ruley bunch) to use Safari.
>
> My test user received the following error:
>
> You are not authorized to view this page
>
> You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the
> credentials
> that you supplied because your Web browser is sending a WWW-Authenticate
> header field that the Web server is not configured to accept.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

--
> ----
> Please try the following:
>
>   *Contact the Web site administrator if you believe you should be able to
> view
>     this directory or page.
>   *Cl;ick the REFRESH button to try again with different credentials.
>
> HTTP Error 401.2 - Unauthorized: Acees is denied due to server
> configuration.
> Internet Information Services (IIS)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> ----
> Technical inforamtion (for support personnel)
>
>   *Go to Microsoft Product Supoort Services and perform a a title search
for
> the
>     words HTTP and 401
>   *Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search
>    for topics titled About Security, Authentication, and About Custom
>    Error Messages.
>
>
>
> I am able to get those users to authenticate when I use Basic
> Authentication.  Basic Authentication is not my personal favorite, so I am
> going to have to require the use of a Certificate and use SSL.  The
problem
> with that is that MACs don't like self-signed certs, so I will either have
> to hope that my users are smart enough to say "yes" or visit each of the
350
> workstations to import the certificate.
>
> Has anyone else had any experience with this?  Anyone know of a way to
> change the way Safari authenticates?
>
> Just curious.
>
> /Jeff
>
>