* Sandeep Gaikwad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [0558 09:58]:
> Hello Anand,
> Please try by updating the line AllowOverride None by
> AllowOverride AuthConfig or AllowOverride All
>
> Regards,
> Sandeep
Guys, read the mails before posting replies, ok?
What you suggest would enable .htaccess loading of Auth* directives, which
has nothing to do with the question.
>
> K Anand wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I have a very basic question regarding authentication on apache...I have in
> >my httpd.conf a section like below :
> ><Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin">
> > AuthType Basic
> > AuthName "By Invitaion Only"
> > AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/passwd/passwords
> > Require valid-user
> >
> > AllowOverride None
> > Options ExecCGI
> > Order allow,deny
> > Allow from all
> ></Directory>
> >
> >So whenever a browser first sends a cgi-bin request, authentication is done
> >by userid and password...Whenever subsequent requests come for cgi-bin,
> >authentication is not required provided the browser has not been closed.
> >How
> >is this done ?
> >
> >I know that this is not a problem but I would like to know just for my
> >information.
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