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From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pam Astor Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:57 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: Apache Authorization Access Control - location ofhtpasswd in Centos 5.1? > >>> I tried creating a password file by executing htpasswd -c
/passwd/passwords> > famsite but apparently htpasswd is not in my path,
I'm getting the "cannot> > create file /passwd/passwords famsite"
error.> >> >> >> > Anyone know where the default
location of htpasswd is on a centos 5.1> > install? Or how to generate a
password file on a centos 5.1 install?> > > There's a utility called
'which' you can use to discover the location> of certain apps you want to
learn about.
> > Thanks! Ok I ran /usr/bin/htpasswd -c /passwd/passwords famsite as root, and still got > > the cannot create file error. > > Does the /passwd directory exist? It does now. It did not when I first ran the command, however I just created the directory /passwd/passwords and re ran the command as root, and still no luck. PS, I think
there are some permission requirements for the directory and file as well.
I think they have to be owned by 'apache'.
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