RE: Apache Authorization Access Control - locationofhtpasswd in Centos 5.1?

"Thomas Dukes" <tdukes@xxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:02:24 -0400

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Subject: RE:  Apache Authorization Access Control - 
locationofhtpasswd 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.

  I think 
  you only need to create the directory /passwd, then use 'touch' to 
  create the file, passwords 

  Thanks Thomas,

  Not familiar with the "touch" command, can you point me to info on it, or 
  show
  the command syntax?
 Not sure if htpasswd creates the password file.  
If not, the as root, run:  touch passwords ,in the  /passwd directory.  It will be an empty file, but 
the 'htpasswd -c' should create this for you.

I think you 
have a permissions problem so if you create the passwrds file with touch, you 
probably won't be able to add the password to it using htpasswd 
either.

Where are you 
creating these directories?  In the past when I used this, my passwd 
directory was /var/www/passwd/

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