Another point: Are you sure you are accessing the resource via this VH? I notice it's a cgi-bin directory... Is there another VH container that could be allowing access via a ScriptAlias or something? The point I'm making is that your access control is only valid in the scope of <VirtualHost anaconda.localhost.com:80> BTW - I guess you are obscuring a real domain name there? NB - it's a bad idea to put a FQDN in a VH, it's better to use an IP address (with an FQDN, apache needs functinal DNS to start. And it's slower). Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > -----Original Message----- > From: Manilal K M [mailto:libregeek@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Dienstag, 14. März 2006 12:18 > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Basic Authentication not working > in Gentoo Linux > > On 14/03/06, Boyle Owen <Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Manilal K M [mailto:libregeek@xxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Dienstag, 14. März 2006 11:06 > > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Basic Authentication not working > > > in Gentoo Linux > > > > > > I have comment out the directive _AllowOverride > AuthConfig_ as you > > > suggested. > > > > If there's another AllowOverride at a higher level, it > could still be reading .htaccess files. Chcek the whole > config and, to be sure, put "AllowOverride None" at server > level to switch off all .htaccess file-reading. > There was no other "AuthConfig", still I check it in all the > configuration files in /etc/apache2. > > > > > I have also checked in the > > > /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin/BackupPC for any .htaccess files. > > > The folder doesn't have any .htaccess files. > > > > Remember that files beginning with a dot don't show up > unless you do "ls -a" - did you check that? > Yes. I checked with ls -al > > > > > But still the authentication > > > dialog doesn't appear and the browser directly displays > the protected > > > page. > > > > You *are* restarting apache after each config change, aren't you? > Of course. > > > > > Check also it's not a caching issue - kill and restart the > browser before testing again. > I have did it several times. I tried with two different browsers, ie > firefox and konqueror. > > > > BTW, you know you will only get prompted *once* for a password? Ie: > > > > - first access: prompted for password > > - enter PW: read page > > - go to another page... > > - come back: get straight in... > In my case the browser never asked for password. So I don't think this > may be the issue > > Yet I am in big disaster. :( > > regards > Manilal > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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