Problem accessing list of files in directory with Apache/Tomcat

mfoley · 07-30-2015, 10:40 AM

I've done this before, but have apparently forgotten what I did. I have apache 2.4.16 and Tomcat 8.0.23 on Linux Slackware 64 14.1, kernel 3.10.17.

My Apache DocumentRoot is /srv/httpd/htdocs. My Tomcat $CATALINA_HOME is /srv/tomcat. I have a folder: /srv/tomcat/webapps/ohprs/downloads/jones that I want only user "jones" to have access to. Jones is not a local user. In the jones folder I have a .htaccess file as follows:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "SLC"
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/passwords
Require user jones

I've added jones to the /etc/httpd/passwords file.

in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf I have:

<Directory /srv/tomcat/webapps/ohprs/downloads/jones>
Options +Indexes
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

<Location /ohprs/downloads/jones>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted"
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/passwords
Require valid-user
AuthBasicProvider file
</Location>

When I enter my URL, https://www.mydomain.com/ohprs/downloads/jones, I get the login dialog. I enter the login info which is accepted. However, I get a 404 status, "The requested resource is not available - Apache Tomcat 8.0.23".

The message in /var/log/httpd/access_log is:

Code:

[30/Jul/2015:02:41:40 -0400] 76.181.65.196 TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 "GET /ohprs/downloads/jones HTTP/1.1" -
[30/Jul/2015:02:41:40 -0400] 76.181.65.196 TLSv1.2 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 "GET /ohprs/downloads/jones/ HTTP/1.1" 1040

Nothing logged in $CATALINA_HOME/logs/catalina.out

What am I doing wrong?

mralk3 · 07-31-2015, 05:38 AM

It's been quite some time since I myself have set up Tomcat, but I have a feeling you are pointing to the wrong directory. Always use full paths in Apache configurations.

Try changing:

Code:

 <Location /ohprs/downloads/jones>

to:

Code:

<Location /srv/tomcat/webapps/ohprs/downloads/jones>

Restart Tomcat, then restart apache. hard refresh browser window with CTRL + R.