apache authorization problem (im a newbie) plz help very urgent
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apache authorization problem (im a newbie) plz help very urgent
Hello. I have a very big problem that I was trying to solve for several days. I will narrow the problem down to my current task - create a simple http webserver that opens index.html. I have Fedora Core 3 with apache and all the server tools that I can possibly need. I have configured apache to accept all incoming connections and redirect everything to index.html. In every option I found, I said to "allow all hosts". I have a static IP address and Port 80 is open. I am not behind a router and I turned off my firewall. I can access my server locally, when typing either 127.0.0.1 or 127.0.0.1:80, it works both ways. But when I try to access it on any other computer, it prompts me for a username and password. I tried entering everything I could, nothing works. I even created an apache username and password, and I still cant login. i have httpd running and everything should work. I have read every documentation I could find, nothing has the answer. I was entering my external IP address (not internal by accident). I found out my external IP address from whatismyip.com. Please help me on this. I dont understand what can possibly be wrong. This is very urgent. Thank you very much for your time.
I dont consider my self a newbie in Linux (was using it as an everyday desktop OS for about 3 years), but I NEVER set up a server before, not even a home network in Linux, and I know very little about all those protocols and ports (but after playing around with apache and things now I know a lot more than I did before, still, not enough).
Here is my /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf (I have deleted all comments, including commented out lines of code, because otherwise linuxquestions.org wouldn't let me post):
I tried changing it to my ip address or * but it still does not work. I also forgot to mention that after a couple of unsuccessful tries to login, it gives me a "401 Unauthorized" error. Thanks anyway for your time.
Re: Re: apache authorization problem (im a newbie) plz help very urgent
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Originally posted by demian Is there a .htaccess file in your document root?
No, there are no .htaccess files anywhere. I have read somewhere that they are not required if the permissions are set in the config file (posted above). I figured I should stick with that advice and not mess around with things that I have no clue about, figuring it might only make things worse. However, are they needed? And if yes, how do I create them?
No, .htaccess files aren't required. They are used to restrict access to certain directories in the webserver document tree. And this is usually done by prompting for a username and password. That's why I asked. I'm gonna go and grab a coffee and the morning paper and think about this...
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