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401 Unauthorized Similar to 403 Forbidden, but specifically for use when authentication is required and has failed or has not yet been provided. The response must include a WWW-Authenticate header field containing a challenge applicable to the requested resource.
The authorization method and a space character (e.g. "Basic ") is then prepended to the encoded string. For example, if the browser uses Aladdin as the username and open sesame as the password, then the field's value is the Base64 encoding of Aladdin:open sesame, or QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==. Then the Authorization header field will appear as:
The server responds with the 401 "Unauthorized" response code, providing the authentication realm and a randomly generated, single-use value called a nonce. At this point, the browser will present the authentication realm (typically a description of the computer or system being accessed) to the user and prompt for a username and password.
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A 403 status code can occur for the following reasons: [3] Insufficient permissions: The most common reason for a 403 status code is that the user lacks the necessary permissions to access the requested resource.
401 Unauthorized The request requires user authentication. This response is issued by UASs and registrars. [1]: §21.4.2 402 Payment Required Reserved for future use. [1]: §21.4.3 403 Forbidden The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.
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