434213 - you wont let me access my own computer. you ask for user name and password. i am trying to do a .php exercise and cant.

Status: VERIFIED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[happy boulder]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14

i never had a problem accessing this file but since i down loaded firefox it willnot let me in.  it askes for a user name and password.  no matter what i enter it rejects me and tells me i dont have authority to use this file.

with ie i can access the file but it doesn't so the results of the code.  the examples that are used by ibm show the exercise done in firefox.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.type in browser http://localhost
2.
3.
Actual Results:  
your pop up to enter my user name and password

Expected Results:  
it tells me i don't have the authority ON MY OWN COMPUTER

LET ME ACCESS MY COMPUTER

Comment 1

[[:Cww]]

localhost is whatever your computer is serving on port 80 which may be a secure server requiring a user name and password (or you may have been hacked).  It has nothing to do with Firefox.  I doubt any other browser can access it either.

Comment 2

[happy boulder]

i know for fact that i have NOT  been hacked.  i have the same user name and password for logging on and for my admin account.  fire fox still says i am not authorized.  so now what do i do.  i ONLY HAVE THIS PROBLEM IN FIREFOX. so how can you say its not you.

Comment 3

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

how about http://127.0.0.1, does that work?

(Generally you have to set up your computer to run a local server, i.e. through add/remove windows components)

Comment 4

[Nochum Sossonko [:Natch]]

->INCOMPLETE

Reporter: if you still experience this problem and can provide clear steps to reproduce, please reopen.