it asks me but once I enter the passwd it tells me I don't have access. Is there a permission error here somewere or is the something special I need to do to the vqadmin.passwd file (the one with the password) that I overlooked? or is it a problem in the vqadmin.acl file. I can see were it might be anyone of those seeing how new I am to this progie
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 07:33:42AM -0700, Clayton Weise wrote: > 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 > > > -- Jerry M. Howell II
