If the file isn't there, nobody can authenticate. I would think that to be by design.
Nick On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 5:55 AM Aiello, Pierfrancesco < pierfrancesco.aie...@aperto.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > > I just encountered a server where the AuthUserFile was not there, but > apache didn’t complain. I was expecting that the webserver would check > whether the resources would be there/reachable at least once during the > start. For example “does the file exists” or “is the endpoint reachable” ? > (I understand that checing more than the existence of the resources may > take too much effort), thus the fact that the authuserfile didn’t even > exists and the webserver was running surprised me. > > My question(s) then would be: > - is there a way to let apache check the existence of the resources during > the start? (once during the start would help) > > - why is the design so, that it allows to define resources that aren’t > there (at least during the start/reload)? > > > > Thank you for the help > > Best regards, > > Pier >
