On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Ernest Johanson wrote: > Marc, > > Try checking the file permissions on your password file. It needs to be > readable by the user the web server runs as.
It was me that has the problem :) But the permissions are all right. The problem with this problem is that Apache does not tell you if it's a 'file not found' error or a 'user not found' error. > > > You need to specify the "AllowOverride AuthConfig" directive for that > > > directory in one of the main config files (e.g., /etc/apache/access.conf). > > > > I have AllowOverride All for this directory. I hoped that All would be > > enough :) > > Anyway, without AllowOverride set to either All or AuthConfig, I do get a > > request for username&password, but this alwais fails. I tried using a > > plain password file, a dbm file and using PAM. All fail. > > > > > I'm trying to get Apache (tried the Slink version and the current Potato > > > version) to use authentification for some directory. > > > Inside the directory have the following .htaccess: > > > > > > When I try to authentificate myself, I get in error.log: > > > > > > [Tue Aug 17 16:13:20 1999] [error] (13)Permission denied: access to > > > /rinet/ failed for 10.2.100.11, reason: Authentication failure Tot ziens, Bart-Jan
