Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-20 Thread Martin WHEELER
Spoke too damn' soon. Reboot; and the ability to react correctly to .htaccess files disappears. I have a gut feeling this behaviour is linked to MySQL authorisations; and/or PHP (4.0.3). How, I have no idea. -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAIL

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-20 Thread Martin WHEELER
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Eric Jennings wrote: > > > I *believe* you need to "AllowOverride AuthConfig" if you wish to use > > .htaccess files within the /var/www directory to authenticate users. > > I may be wrong, but give it a shot. > > Sadly, you were wrong. Actually, you weren't :) Turning

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-20 Thread Martin WHEELER
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Eric Jennings wrote: > > > I *believe* you need to "AllowOverride AuthConfig" if you wish to use > > .htaccess files within the /var/www directory to authenticate users. > > I may be wrong, but give it a shot. > > Sadly, you were wrong. Actually, you weren't :) Turnin

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-20 Thread Martin WHEELER
Spoke too damn' soon. Reboot; and the ability to react correctly to .htaccess files disappears. I have a gut feeling this behaviour is linked to MySQL authorisations; and/or PHP (4.0.3). How, I have no idea. -- Martin Wheeler -StarTEXT - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England [1] [EMAI

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-20 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Mervyn Jack wrote: > > I had some similar problem and although I can't remember exactly what was, > but it > was something to do with the order of the commands. It had me fooled for a > while. > > Here's an example of a .htaccess file that works. > This one also allows access to a certain subne

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-20 Thread Bart-Jan Vrielink
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Martin WHEELER wrote: > To my knowledge, protecting a directory using the .htaccess file method > has always worked without a hitch for me on my local machine (Debian > 2.2r2 + proposed-updates) -- but has "suddenly" stopped functioning. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apache -v >

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-20 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Mervyn Jack wrote: > > I had some similar problem and although I can't remember exactly what was, but it > was something to do with the order of the commands. It had me fooled for a while. > > Here's an example of a .htaccess file that works. > This one also allows access to a certain subnet of

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-20 Thread Bart-Jan Vrielink
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Martin WHEELER wrote: > To my knowledge, protecting a directory using the .htaccess file method > has always worked without a hitch for me on my local machine (Debian > 2.2r2 + proposed-updates) -- but has "suddenly" stopped functioning. > > mwheeler@startext:~$ apache -v >

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Mervyn Jack
I had some similar problem and although I can't remember exactly what was, but it was something to do with the order of the commands. It had me fooled for a while. Here's an example of a .htaccess file that works. This one also allows access to a certain subnet of IP's without having to enter a

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Mervyn Jack
I had some similar problem and although I can't remember exactly what was, but it was something to do with the order of the commands. It had me fooled for a while. Here's an example of a .htaccess file that works. This one also allows access to a certain subnet of IP's without having to enter a p

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Tamas TEVESZ
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Martin WHEELER wrote: > > > AuthUserFile /etc/htusers > > > AuthName "Linux certification programmes (enter user ID)" > > > AuthType Basic > > > require valid-user > > > > see above. drop in a `satisfy all' right here. > > Still no go. No difference whatsoev

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Martin WHEELER
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Eric Jennings wrote: > I *believe* you need to "AllowOverride AuthConfig" if you wish to use > .htaccess files within the /var/www directory to authenticate users. > I may be wrong, but give it a shot. Sadly, you were wrong. and On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Tamas TEVESZ wrote: >

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Tamas TEVESZ
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Martin WHEELER wrote: > > and what's in .htaccess ? (i'm pretty much confident you're missing a > > `satisfy all' directive, though) > > AuthUserFile /etc/htusers > AuthName "Linux certification programmes (enter user ID)" > AuthType Basic > require valid-user see

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Martin WHEELER
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Tamas TEVESZ wrote: > and what's in .htaccess ? (i'm pretty much confident you're missing a > `satisfy all' directive, though) AuthUserFile /etc/htusers AuthName "Linux certification programmes (enter user ID)" AuthType Basic require valid-user and in /etc/htusers: [EM

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Tamas TEVESZ
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Martin WHEELER wrote: > but no way will Apache stop and ask for authentication when any user > goes into any directory containing a valid .htaccess file pointing to a > valid htusers/.htpasswd data file. and what's in .htaccess ? (i'm pretty much confident you're missing

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Tamas TEVESZ
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Martin WHEELER wrote: > > > AuthUserFile /etc/htusers > > > AuthName "Linux certification programmes (enter user ID)" > > > AuthType Basic > > > require valid-user > > > > see above. drop in a `satisfy all' right here. > > Still no go. No difference whatsoe

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Martin WHEELER
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Eric Jennings wrote: > I *believe* you need to "AllowOverride AuthConfig" if you wish to use > .htaccess files within the /var/www directory to authenticate users. > I may be wrong, but give it a shot. Sadly, you were wrong. and On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Tamas TEVESZ
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Martin WHEELER wrote: > > and what's in .htaccess ? (i'm pretty much confident you're missing a > > `satisfy all' directive, though) > > AuthUserFile /etc/htusers > AuthName "Linux certification programmes (enter user ID)" > AuthType Basic > require valid-user se

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Martin WHEELER
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Tamas TEVESZ wrote: > and what's in .htaccess ? (i'm pretty much confident you're missing a > `satisfy all' directive, though) AuthUserFile /etc/htusers AuthName "Linux certification programmes (enter user ID)" AuthType Basic require valid-user and in /etc/htusers: ro

Re: htaccess failure

2001-02-19 Thread Tamas TEVESZ
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Martin WHEELER wrote: > but no way will Apache stop and ask for authentication when any user > goes into any directory containing a valid .htaccess file pointing to a > valid htusers/.htpasswd data file. and what's in .htaccess ? (i'm pretty much confident you're missing