On 14/03/06, Boyle Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Manilal K M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Dienstag, 14. März 2006 09:55 > > To: users@httpd.apache.org > > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Basic Authentication not working in > > Gentoo Linux > > > > Hello all, > > I am a newbie in apache, less than 2 weeks of experience. I am > > trying to protect one of my directory in the web server with Basic > > authentication. I am using Gentoo Linux with apache-2.0.55. I see that > > auth_module is loaded as a Module. I have configured the Virtual Host > > like this. The problem is that the login dialog box never appears in > > the browser and the web page is immediately displayed. The > > configuration I used is (from /etc/apache2/httpd.conf): > > user backuppc > > group backuppc > > <VirtualHost anaconda.localhost.com:80> > > DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin/BackupPC > > ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ServerName anaconda.localhost.com > > ErrorLog logs/anaconda.localhost.com-error_log > > CustomLog logs/anaconda.localhost.comaccess_log common > > <Directory /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin/BackupPC> > > Options FollowSymLinks > > Options +ExecCGI > > AuthName "Tiger Login:" > > > > AllowOverride AuthConfig > > This directive is a bit funny... It says: > > "allow any Auth directives in a .htaccess file in this directory to override > the main config (ie, this file)". > > Since you have put your Auth directives in the main config, it doesn't make > much sense to allow them to then be overridden (unless you have a really > complicated setup - I'm guessing you have a simple setup). > > I would remove this directive and also check you don't have a .htaccess file > in /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin/BackupPC. If you do, decide if you need it... > (especially if it has "Satisfy any" in it...). > > If that doesn't get it working or if you want further advice about .htaccess > files and when to use and not to use them, check the docs > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html and/or post back (add > error and access log entries).
> > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > AuthType Basic > > AuthUserFile /usr/local/etc/htpasswd > > Require user libregeek > > </Directory> > > </VirtualHost > > > > I am able to run the same setup in my Fedora Core 4 server. But it > > fails in the Gentoo Server. I can't get what had gone wrong. I > > searched the MARC archives, but couldn't find a workable solution. > > Please help me. I am in great trouble. > > I can't find anything wrong in either syslog or apache log. Any help > > would be appreciable. > > > > regards > > Manilal Dear Mr. Owen, I have comment out the directive _AllowOverride AuthConfig_ as you suggested. I have also checked in the /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin/BackupPC for any .htaccess files. The folder doesn't have any .htaccess files. But still the authentication dialog doesn't appear and the browser directly displays the protected page. regards Manilal
