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>  Anyone clicking from the IIS host has already been authenticated (via
>  a seperate ASP app), so we want to log them in without any further ado
>  on the *nix server.
>
>  Anyone arriving at the *nix server hasn't been authenticated and
>  should get the prompt.
>

Mediawiki offers a single sign-on operation which does this (if I am
understanding what you are on about) for integration of a Mediawiki
install into an existing Intranet or website that has its own
authentication system - it involves sending across the username, a bit
of uniqueness such as the current date and time and then a hash of
both of the previous and a shared secret, and so long as the shared
secret matches, Mediawiki can trust that the user is authenticated and
injects the user into its own user management systems.

Or am I misconstruing this?

Richard