On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:28:47 +0800, Uwe Dippel <udippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > After the latest updates from my distro, the basic authentication has > stopped working in Apache. I didn't touch it; even (re-)generated from > scratch in that directory > It doesn't show the/any password-prompt, simply permitting access to > anybody. > > I'm running TAO-Linux; just took over the adminship 5 days ago. > Here I post for hints about debugging; and possible oversights on my side. > > The recreated file (simplified, just for testing) reads > > AuthType Basic > AuthName "Authenticate" > AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords > Require user ME > > <Limit GET POST PUT> > require valid-user > </Limit> Check the AllowOverride setting in httpd.conf. But note that your use of <Limit GET POST PUT> shows that you have not read the documentation. Please read the docs on the <Limit> directive to find out why it shouldn't be used. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx