Apache Server not asking for password Authentication

singh_chitranjan · 10-08-2010, 01:08 AM

Dear Experts,

i have CentOS 5 configured with apache web server. but it is not asking for password authentication while accessing the web page. the config detail is as below:-

Web Page location - /var/www/html
.htaccess file location - /var/www/html
Contents of .htaccess file :-

AuthName "Password Protected"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/.htpassword
require user chitranjan

Entry in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file:-

<Directory "/var/www/html">
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

</Directory>

please help me to solve this problem.

Thanks in advance
Chitranjan

leejohnli · 10-08-2010, 01:13 AM

Check your apache logs. try restarting your apache and see if the problem still persist. on client side browser try clearing the cache.

Sayan Acharjee · 10-08-2010, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by singh_chitranjan

Dear Experts,

AuthName "Password Protected"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/.htpassword
require user chitranjan

Are you sure you have restarted apache after editing httpd.conf file? Anyways,
Change the last line here to:

require valid-user[no need to mention the user name here]

Thats how my htaccess is working, see if it works for you.

leejohnli · 10-08-2010, 01:26 AM

try "require valid-user" instead of "require user"

singh_chitranjan · 10-08-2010, 01:36 AM

Thanks,

Applied it but did not work.

singh_chitranjan · 10-08-2010, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sayan_acharjee

Are you sure you have restarted apache after editing httpd.conf file? Anyways,
Change the last line here to:

require valid-user[no need to mention the user name here]

Thats how my htaccess is working, see if it works for you.

Thanks,

Applied but did not work

singh_chitranjan · 10-08-2010, 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leejohnli

try "require valid-user" instead of "require user"

Thanks,

Applied it but did not work

Sayan Acharjee · 10-08-2010, 01:42 AM

Can you please post the command which you have used to create password for that user?

singh_chitranjan · 10-08-2010, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sayan_acharjee

Can you please post the command which you have used to create password for that user?

Hi,

This Command is as below:-

#htpasswd -c -m /etc/httpd/conf/.htpassword chitranjan

Sayan Acharjee · 10-08-2010, 01:56 AM

Well, the file extention should be .htpasswd not .htpassword

singh_chitranjan · 10-08-2010, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sayan_acharjee

Well, the file extention should be .htpasswd not .htpassword

Hi,

i just changed from .htpassword to .htpasswd and restarted the httpd deamon but still same problem.

Thanks for support.

Sayan Acharjee · 10-08-2010, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by singh_chitranjan

Hi,

i just changed from .htpassword to .htpasswd and restarted the httpd deamon but still same problem.

Thanks for support.

Just changing the extention won't solve the problem, you need to go through the process once again, delete that file and create a new one and then create password for the user again, good luck.

leejohnli · 10-08-2010, 02:37 AM

I'll go for the solution of recreating the file again and do add your configuration again.

singh_chitranjan · 10-08-2010, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sayan_acharjee

Just changing the extention won't solve the problem, you need to go through the process once again, delete that file and create a new one and then create password for the user again, good luck.

Hi,

Done it but not getting success.

Thanks for kind support.

bathory · 10-08-2010, 02:53 AM

@OP

To test if apache reads .htaccess files, put some garbage in it and see if you get a 500 "Internal Server Error"