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;
}
}
}


On 14 July 2013 19:54, Maxim Dounin <mdounin@mdounin.ru> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 02:40:14PM +0100, Michael wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> 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 Dounin
> http://nginx.org/en/donation.html
>
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