Authentication Required - Apache + PHP + MySQL + Joomla

Setup: I have installed Apache, MySQL, PHP using XAMPP. (Also, Joomla
is installed next) The OS is Ubuntu, and the machine is connecting to
the internet through a ADSL modem.

I was able to view http://localhost and http://localhost/joomla, but
when I tried to view using the IP (not static) assigned to me from my
ISP, I got a dialog box pop out which said "Authentication Required",
and asked for username and password. What is the problem?

I have already set port forwarding in my ADSL model to forward HTTP
request to my Ubuntu machine. And, I used "chown -R ww-data:www-data
WEBSPACE_DIRECTORY" to change ownership. Why can't I I view my pages
(php, html) located at my Ubuntu machine from outside, without getting
those authentication required popups? And, what must I do to allow it?

Thanks for all you infrastructure gurus and sys admin, I am just a
poor programmer :)

Anthony

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:45:31 -0700 (PDT),
anthony.mak@iname.com wrote:

>Setup: I have installed Apache, MySQL, PHP using XAMPP. (Also, Joomla
>is installed next) The OS is Ubuntu, and the machine is connecting to
>the internet through a ADSL modem.
>
>I was able to view http://localhost and http://localhost/joomla, but
>when I tried to view using the IP (not static) assigned to me from my
>ISP, I got a dialog box pop out which said "Authentication Required",
>and asked for username and password. What is the problem?
>
>I have already set port forwarding in my ADSL model to forward HTTP
>request to my Ubuntu machine. And, I used "chown -R ww-data:www-data
>WEBSPACE_DIRECTORY" to change ownership. Why can't I I view my pages
>(php, html) located at my Ubuntu machine from outside, without getting
>those authentication required popups? And, what must I do to allow it?
>
>Thanks for all you infrastructure gurus and sys admin, I am just a
>poor programmer :)
>
>Anthony

Search this group for my last name and "NAT loopback".
I posted an analysis and a solution less than two
months ago.
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