The HTTP 401 error, or the 401 Unauthorized error, normally occurs when you are trying to access protected content, but are not logged in, or do not have the proper permissions to access the page. If you already logged in but still see the error, you may have supplied the wrong credentials, or the server may not have used them correctly.
The HTTP 401 response occurs when you do not have access to the page.“401 Unauthorized”, “HTTP 401 - Authentication Required”, and “Error 401” are all different ways of typing this error message. You can also customize this error page on your own website with .htaccess!
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The HTTP 401 Unauthorized error mostly occurs when the wrong credentials are given, or when the server is not properly configured to use them. Please let us know if you ever spot this error here, and have an amazing day.
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