Apache

mamtasahai1 · 10-07-2008, 09:45 PM

Hi All, I am running an Apache Server and want to give access to a user "mam" and a group "sales". When I m using "require group sales" with "require user mam" only mam user can access the site, If I use it without "require user mam", users of sales group can access the site. Please tell me how can I use both at same time.

My .htaccess file is
AuthName "password protected"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /etc/httpd/.htgroup
require user mam
require group sales

My .htgroup File is

sales : user1, user2

All users are added in .htpasswd file

Mr. C. · 10-07-2008, 11:49 PM

Require is exclusive:

Code:

Require user userid [userid] ...
    Only the named users can access the resource.

Require group group-name [group-name] ...
    Only users in the named groups can access the resource.

Create a group that contains both mam and sales, and configure:

Code:

Require group biggroup

mamtasahai1 · 10-08-2008, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. C.

:

Create a group that contains both mam and sales

Plz tell me how can i do this.. what I tried..I added a group biggroup and in /etc/group file i modified this
sales:x:101:user1,user2
biggroup:x:102:sales,mam

and in .htgroup file
biggroup : sales mam

in .htaccess
Require group biggroup

Now only "mam" user is able to access the site.

Mr. C. · 10-08-2008, 02:53 AM

Groups contain a list of users. From the apache manual:

Quote:

AuthGroupFile Directive
...
Each line of the group file contains a groupname followed by a colon, followed by the member usernames separated by spaces.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod...groupfile.html

mamtasahai1 · 10-08-2008, 03:07 AM

Quote:

and in .htgroup file
biggroup : sales mam
.

I hv already mention this in my post. Please check my configuration and tell me where I m wrong..

Mr. C. · 10-08-2008, 03:11 AM

USERNAMES... not GROUPNAMES. The name "sales" is a group name, right!?

mamtasahai1 · 10-08-2008, 03:39 AM

Yes.
- sales is the group and its members are user1 and user2
- mam is the user who doesn't belong sales group

Mr. C. · 10-08-2008, 03:46 AM

List all USERNAMEs in .htgroup:

biggroup : mam user1 user2

Do not list GROUPNAMES as members.

mamtasahai1 · 10-08-2008, 03:58 AM

Yes. It will work because it will act as new gruop with three members.
I want to give the permission for existing sales group as welll as some users to access the site. can I do this?