Did you give apache a restart after adding those lines to the config? (apachectl graceful). Also, what kind of problems are you having with authentication? Is it that the username and password you set in your htaccess files are not working? Or is it that it doesn't even ask for one.
-Clayton -----Original Message----- From: Jerry M. Howell II [mailto:jmhowell@;jmhowell.com] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 7:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [vchkpw] vqadmin Hi there, I'm trying to install vqadmin so my wife can configure the vhost email by a simple web interface. I seem to be haveing problems with authentication through the .htpasswd file. I'm useing redhat 7.3 with the latest version of vpopmail, redhats stock apache server. Has anyone else had this problem, if so how did they overcome this. oh, ok, btw this is the steps I followed tar zxf vqadmin.tar.gz cd vqadmin ./configure make make install cd /etc/httpd/conf/ vi httpd.conf aded the following to my conf file <Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/vqadmin"> deny from all Options ExecCGI AllowOverride AuthConfig Order deny,allow </Directory> cd /var/www/cgi-bin/vqadmin vi vqadmin.acl my vqadmin.acl file is as fllows # # # Default group contains permissions for all users # not listed under any groups # # If the default group is not defined, users not # listed under any other groups will have no # permissions. # # Examples follow... # default VI # # Access permissions: # # V View user information # I View domain information # M Modify user information # U Modify domain information # C Create user # A Create domain # D Delete user # X Delete domain # # These features will still appear in the HTML templates # if the user doesn't have access to them, however, they will # get a permission denied error if they try to make use of # them. # # # An asterisk in the features field specifies that you # want all users in this group to have access to # all features. jmhowell * jmhowell vi .htaccess changed my .htaccess file to point to the directory where I am going to place my passwd file so it reads as follows AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /var/www/vqadmin.passwd AuthName vQadmin require valid-user satisfy any chown apache .htaccess chmod 600 .htaccess htpasswd -bc /var/www/vqadmin.passwd jmhowell <my password> /etc/init.d/restart If anyone can see something I missed or did wrong or anymore info I should supply please let me know, I've reinstalled. Did a websearch and am still dumbfouded. thnx -- Jerry M. Howell II
