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From: Alex Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: mod_auth-any/4707: can not implement user authentication
using mod_auth
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 18:53:13 +0100
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>Synopsis: can not implement user authentication using mod_auth
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>State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback
>State-Changed-By: coar
>State-Changed-When: Wed Jul 7 08:19:06 PDT 1999
>State-Changed-Why:
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1. What messages are in the error log?
Error log
[Wed Jul 7 18:08:31 1999] [error] [client 10.1.1.5] (13)Permission
denied: Could not open password file:
/usr/local/apache/secrets/.htpasswd
[Wed Jul 7 18:08:31 1999] [error] [client 10.1.1.5] user achang not
found: /
the permission on password file was set to 755 and root as the owner, I
have also tried it as nobody as owner,
since apache runs as nobody
Access log
10.1.1.5 - achang [07/Jul/1999:17:33:44 -0700] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 401 460
10.1.1.5 - achang [07/Jul/1999:17:33:50 -0700] "GET / HTTP/1.0"
401 460
even though the password was set correctly and typed correctly
2. How did you create the password file??
/usr/local/apache/bin/htpasswd ../secrets/.htpasswd achang
3. What are the lines in the password file??
The password is: box
achang:swKJyuLxcAjgs
achang:9fLTdI3vG/yCo same password just reseted
4. The .htaccess file in the document root
AuthName "Group's Members and Clients only"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/secrets/.htpasswd
require user achang
