relaxdiego/redmine_backlogs — Issue #397: /redmine/rb/server_variables.js causes a 401 which causes IE9 to prompt for login.
Author: ChrisMcKee
Created: 2012-01-19 09:52:36+00:00
State: open

**Env**
Redmine 1.3.0 running on HTTPS
Backlogs v0.7.7
Windows 2003 (bitnami stack)

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Redmine must be set to require authentication.

Using IE9 browse to redmine, IE Auth Prompt appears saying:
"The server xxx.xxx.com at RedmineAPI requires a username and password"

In fiddler only the /rb/server_variables.js file is throwing a 401 error.

```
HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:43:19 GMT
Server: Mongrel 1.1.5
Status: 401
Www-Authenticate: Basic realm="Redmine API"
X-Runtime: 16
Content-Type: text/javascript; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 1
Cache-Control: no-cache
Set-Cookie: _redmine_session=REMOVED; path=/; HttpOnly
Connection: close
```