> > The password file was created from the current apache > version's htpasswd via: > > htpasswd -c -m -b lembark foobar;
you know you need to use htdigest when creating a digest password entry, right? > > which I thought should have created the proper entry. take a look at it. digest authentication should be in the form of user:realm:8493fbc53ba582fb4c044c456bdc40eb from the look of things, mod_auth_digest can't find the realm in the password file. > > I havn't had a chance yet to test whether the site works > with this outside of the perly section. > > Is there any documentation that describes this in more > detail than the mod_auth_digest.html, or has anyone > seen this specific error? <plug> the forthcoming (january) mod_perl Developer's Cookbook spends about 10 pages talking about digest authentication and how it is implemented. </plug> --Geoff