I managed to get it working...What I had to put in was not <Directory proxy:/xxx/> but <Directory proxy:http://a.b.c.d/> Anand ----- Original Message ----- From: "K Anand" <kanand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 11:21 AM Subject: [users@httpd] Basic Authentication over reverse proxy > I want to do basic authentication with reverse proxy...My relevant config is > as follows : > > ProxyRequests Off > <Directory proxy:*> > Order deny,allow > Deny from all > Allow from all > </Directory> > > <Directory proxy:/xxx/> > AuthType Basic > AuthName "By Invitaion Only" > AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/passwd/passwords > Require valid-user > </Directory> > > ProxyPass /xxx/ http://a.b.c.d/xxx > ProxyPassReverse /xxx/ http://a.b.c.d/xxx > > File /etc/httpd/conf/passwd/passwords exists with one user name and > password. > When I try basic auth for a normal dir, it works. It asks me for a user id > and password. But when I tried with proxied dir, it does not ask me . > > order of loading of modules is as follows : > > LoadModule proxy_module modules/libproxy.so > LoadModule auth_module modules/mod_auth.so > > AddModule mod_proxy.c > AddModule mod_auth.c > > > Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux) > > What could the problem be ? Any pointers would be appreciated. > > Anand > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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