Hi people,

Man am I in a fix with Apache 2.0! I was a faithful little 1.3 user for quite some time and have now upgraded to version 2.0 with the release of RH9...

I am having some serious authentication control problems when using .htaccess files! I mean they work under 1.3 but not under 2.0.

What I seem to get is that I am prompted for the password on the protected directory... I enter the username and password three times and it gives me an access denied... - All you smart alecs jumping in and saying - you got the password wrong... I thought that too - changed it to a|a no chance of screwing up - but same result.

Need an Apache Guru to give me some detailed instructions on how to sort this out please... please... please...

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Distro: Redhat 9.0 (shrike)

Listen - even someone who has a working httpd.conf file for this version who is willing to share - would help so much..

FYI: I am an intermediate user who is more comfortable in shell than a GUI.

A thousand and one thanks...

Bleah (ed out) man

Hey,
I'm sorry that I can't help with your problem, but all I can say is that I have had this problem before. There's nothing I hate more than apache http authorization. I've even had problems on 1.3.26 and 1.3.27 with this. I presume you're using basic authentication, just like I did, ..... yes, you are. Hm....all I can say is that I never found a way round this problem, so ended up using php to authenticate. I did have a niggling feeling that it was to do with the username/password combination I used, though.

Thanks for the sympathy ho_10... Know it must be possible though... Will continue banging head on hard surface.

Change
#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride None
AllowOverride AuthConfig

Thanks for that, tried exactly what you suggested and reposted my files so that progress can be seen:

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Still gives me the authentication error... Any more for any more.. All comments and suggestions welcome.

You changed one to many lines. This default directive:
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# features.
#
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride AuthConfig
</Directory>

should stay AllowOverride None

Thanks for all your help here... but apache 2.0 has another casualty - me! I'm going to go to 1.3 - I know I won't have as many headaches...

I just got through with qmail - so you can imagine I've had enough of 9's quirks without having to fiddle with apache 2.0 as well..

I'm going down the same road that looks you have already traveled. I am installing qmail from qmailrocks.com. I'm have the exact same problems you are talking about with redhat 9.

please let post here if apache 1.3 fixed your problem.


thanks!

One recommendation, GET RH 8!!!! I personally cant stand RH 9, its too full of bugs and all that junk....

Lol... Yeah thanks guys.. I was a happy 7.4 (yes I have got that right) user - forced to have 9 from a dedicated server rental thing.

It's been a pain in the arse in terms of getting RH9 to behave with apache 1.3 but eventually it seems to be working.

lots of rpm -qa | grep <package> and rpm -e --nodeps <package>

Also need compat for RH 9 providing backwards compatibility to 7.3 packages... Seems to be working (limping til I've tweaked it)

Mail me if you want to and I'll put a HowTo together when I'm done. peter_AT_divisionbyzero.biz - funny how a morning's work can turn into 3 days aint it!

The bright spark who changed the C compiler need to spend a morning in a room with me alone - I'll bring the pliers and dental instuments!

Bleah

just reloadded my box with RH 8. Still have same problem. well it's a little different this time. Instead of it not accpeting the password, it doesn't prompt for one at all.

I have the <directory> tag in the httpd.conf file and it is setup properly.

rpm -qa |grep httpd says:

2.0.40-8

I think I'm going to try RH 7.4

Listen - wait a while - a how to is going to be forthcoming - I've nearly finished this build - let me make sure that it's stable and I'll make a howto page for you guys to follow.

any luck getting it working??

Well - I sure have been banging my head - got the password auth working under RH9 with apache 1.3.x. Now SSL over port 443 doesn't work! Got a feeling it's the openSSL module.. if I can't make some symbolic links I'll have to think about downgrading that too.

Again - I will post something about what I did to get which results soon.. so others can learn from my mistakes.. lol. Just want this working right.

Just looking at my other box now and thinking again (foolishly maybe) that I can make it work.. been reading..
http://mirror.mricon.com/qvcs-guide/qvcs-guide.html (for rh9)

Seems fairly comprehensive to me.. Let me know what you all think since I am going to be tied up in knots for the next few days.

Bleah