It sounds to me like your problem is really with apache at this point, not pam. I'm not much of an apache hacker, but I do do some stuff with it... I seem to recall that the " AllowOverride AuthConfig" line should go inside of a <directory> ... </directory>. Hope this helps, Jim On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Karl Lattimer wrote: > I've just built up a server, and added in mod_auth_pam to allow my > system users to log in to other things via the web. > > Heres what i did after the install > > added a user 'test' > > created a folder in /var/www/html called test > > created a file called .htaccess which contained > > AuthType Basic > AuthName "Testing mod_auth_pam" > require group test > require user test > > Then i added the line > AllowOverride AuthConfig > > to /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf > > and restarted apache > > Upon restart i get the error > > Syntax error on line 9 of /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf: AllowOverride not > allowed here > > I followed what little documentation i could find about mod_auth_pam to > the letter, referring to the faq included in the distribution to add the > line into the access.conf. > > First i'd like to know how i can tell whether mod_auth_pam is being > loaded by apache? > > Then i'd like to know how to get rid of this error message and how i can > get the darned thing working!!! > > I'm in distress here could a fellow hacker help PLEASE!!!! > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \x83\xec\x0c\x31\xc0\x31\xd2\x68\x2f\x73\x68\x21\x68\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x89\xe3 \x88\x43\x07\x50\x50\x53\x53\xb0\x3b\xcd\x80\x89\xf6 Don't forget FreeBSD! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Pam-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
