Just a quick get https://www.uvm.edu/~csys/protected_web/ HTTP headers 
shows a 302 loop:

me:
	GET /~csys/protected_web/ HTTP/1.1

server:
	HTTP/1.x 302 Found
	Location: https://www.uvm.edu/~csys/protected_web/

So -- something somewhere is redirecting that request back to itself. 
Check out your DirectoryIndex setting..  Maybe someone modified your 
default page?

You can troubleshoot problems like this pretty well with the Live HTTP 
Headers add-on for Firefox.

~B
-- 
Benjamin Coddington
Systems Architecture and Administration
Enterprise Technology Services
University of Vermont



Ben Ware wrote:
> Wes,
> I created them manually because of our needs for both uvm and non-uvm 
> access - the URLs are 
> https://www.uvm.edu/EPSCoR/Complex_Systems_Modeling_for_Environmental_Problem_File_Sharing/
> and https://www.uvm.edu/~csys/protected_web/
> 
> We have never had problems until today, and I haven't changed anything 
> about them in at least a month.
> Thanks!
> Ben
> 
> *Ben Ware*
> VT EPSCoR <http://www.uvm.edu/EPSCoR/> IT Professional
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> (802) 656-9477
> (802) 656-4521
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> 216 Marsh Life Sciences
> E311A Given
> 
> 
> Wesley Alan Wright wrote:
>> Did you use the tool at
>>
>>     https://www.uvm.edu/htpasswd
>>
>> or create the ,htaccess files manually?
>>
>> What are the URLs of the failed sites?
>>
>> On Apr 15, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Ben Ware wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I just noticed that two of the sites that we have protected using 
>>> .htaccess are returning this same error in Firefox:
>>> The page isn't redirecting properly
>>>
>>> Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for 
>>> this address in a way that will never complete.
>>>
>>>     *   This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing 
>>> to accept
>>>           cookies.
>>>
>>> They refuse to load in IE as well - I have not changed the code for 
>>> either site in a while, and it happens even if I try to access 
>>> specific PDFs within each site.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>> Thanks!
>>> Ben
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Ben Ware
>>> VT EPSCoR IT Professional
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> (802) 656-9477
>>> (802) 656-4521
>>> (802) 734-8833
>>> 216 Marsh Life Sciences
>>> E311A Given
>>
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