possible fix for basic auth

.gitignore

@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ yarn-error.log
 .Spotlight-V100
 .TemporaryItems
 .Trashes
-.VolumeIcon.icns
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+storage/app/public/avatars/*

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

@@ -65,7 +65,27 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 
             $view->with('alt_bg', $alt_bg );    
             $view->with('allusers', $allusers );    
-            $view->with('current_user', $current_user );    
+            $view->with('current_user', $current_user );   
+
+            if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']) && !empty($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])) {
+                list($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'], $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']) = 
+                explode(':', base64_decode(substr($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'], 6)));
+            }
+            if(!\Auth::check()) {
+                if(isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']) && isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'])) {
+                    $credentials = ['username' => $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'], 'password' => $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']];
+                    
+                    if (\Auth::attempt($credentials)) {
+                        // Authentication passed...
+                        $user = \Auth::user();
+                        \Session::put('current_user', $user);
+                        //session(['current_user' => $user]);                
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+    
+            
+            
         });  
 
 
@@ -76,21 +96,6 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         if(env('APP_URL') != 'http://localhost') {
             \URL::forceRootUrl(env('APP_URL'));
         }
-        if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']) && !empty($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])) {
-            list($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'], $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']) = 
-            explode(':', base64_decode(substr($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'], 6)));
-        }
-        if(isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']) && isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'])) {
-            $credentials = ['username' => $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'], 'password' => $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']];
-            
-            if (\Auth::attempt($credentials)) {
-                // Authentication passed...
-                $user = \Auth::user();
-                \Session::put('current_user', $user);
-                //session(['current_user' => $user]);                
-            }
-    
-        }
 
     }