Custom 401 page not displaying or not prompting for credentials

Server NGINX
1

Hello, I was trying to set a custom error 401 page on my Nginx server
version 1.5.1 using the following methods:

error_page 401 /401.html
By itself it still displays the default site

error_page 401 http://example.com/401.html
Goes straight to the custom error page without a chance to authenticate

error_page 401 /401.html;
location = /401.html
{
root G:/Files;
allow all;
Also goes straight to the error page.

My entire config file:

worker_processes 1;

events
{
worker_connections 1024;
}

http
{
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
sendfile on;

server
{
    satisfy any;
    allow 192.168.0.0/24;
    deny all;
    auth_basic "Please login";
    auth_basic_user_file C:\password.txt;
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    root G:/Files;

    location /
    {
        index  index.html  index.php /_h5ai/server/php/index.php;

error_page 401 /401.html;
location = /401.html
{
root G:/Files;
}
}
location ~ .php$
{
include fastcgi.conf;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
}
}
}

If anyone has any idea what I’m doing wrong, let me know.

Kind regards,
Michael

2

Hello,in nginx1 use proxy_pass to nginx2,when http method is get that is
ok,but when http method is post ,nginx2 has no access log,nginx1’s
response status is 302; help please,thank you!!
nginx-config details:
nginx1-config:
server { listen 80; server_name ocs.aliyun.test; access_log
“pipe:/usr/sbin/cronolog /system/logs/ocs.%Y-%m-%d.log” aliyun_com;
location /widget/ { proxy_pass http://openwidget.aliyun.test/;
proxy_redirect http://openwidget.aliyun.test/ /widget/; } }

nginx2-config:
server { listen 80; server_name openwidget.aliyun.test; access_log
“pipe:/usr/sbin/cronolog /system/logs/openwidget.%Y-%m-%d.log”
aliyun_com; location / { proxy_pass
http://127.0.0.1:38782/openWidget/; proxy_redirect
http://openwidget.aliyun.test/openWidget/ /; } }

3

Added auth_basic off; as so:

location = /401.html {
auth_basic off;
root G:/Files;
}

returns error 403 and ‘access forbidden by rule’ error. So then I added
allow all; like this:

location = /401.html {
allow all;
auth_basic off;
root G:/Files;
}

This takes the user straight to the custom error 401 page without
authentication.

The full config is:

worker_processes 1;

events {
worker_connections 1024;
}

http {
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
sendfile on;

server {
    satisfy any;
    allow 192.168.0.0/24;
    deny all;
    auth_basic "Please login";
    auth_basic_user_file C:\password.txt;
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    root G:/Files;

    location / {
        index  index.html  index.php /_h5ai/server/php/index.php;
        error_page 401 /401.html;
        location = /401.html {
            allow all;
            auth_basic off;
            root G:/Files;
        }
    }
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi.conf;
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    }
}

}

4

Hello!

On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 02:40:14PM +0100, Michael wrote:

location = /401.html

    {
        include fastcgi.conf;
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    }
}

}

If anyone has any idea what I’m doing wrong, let me know.

Access to /401.html requires authentication, which prevents the
error page configured from being returned. Try adding

auth_basic off;

into location /401.html.

–
Maxim D.
http://nginx.org/en/donation.html