On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 22:47, brooks@kelley.net wrote: > Have run into an interesting problem with username > athentication in Apache 2.0. Don't know why since I > have followed the syntax I have always followed which > worked with out an issue. > > This is what I have in my httpd.conf file in a Virtual > Host so I can keep it away from my dmz host. > > # BTW, The names of the real files have been changed > # to protect the innocent penguin's that I will > # place my super secret files into. > <Directory "/var/www/secret" > > AllowOverRide All > AuthType Basic > AuthUserFile httest > Authname "Super Secret Site, Trust Me!" > require valid-user > </Directory> > > Then I created a simple file with htpasswd with a user > named admin whose password is admin to test this > configuration. > > Created with htpasswd -c /var/html/secret/httest admin > my file "httest" looks like > > admin:.cz.qh01LXwVY > brooks:brooks Are you sure apache can read your authfile at /var/html/secret/httest? You might want to put the full path in your AuthUserFile statement: AuthUserFile /var/html/secret/httest And check the permissions on the path and file. The user "apache" will need read access to the file. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ We drive on this highway of fire Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
