Apache (httpd) 2.0 conf authentication problem HELP!!!

bleah-man · 08-11-2003, 05:02 AM

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

andrewlkho · 08-11-2003, 05:45 AM

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.

bleah-man · 08-11-2003, 06:42 AM

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

Cooner · 08-11-2003, 08:06 AM

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

bleah-man · 08-11-2003, 08:29 AM

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.

Cooner · 08-11-2003, 08:58 AM

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

bleah-man · 08-11-2003, 10:19 AM

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..

uncue75 · 08-12-2003, 11:50 PM

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!

HappyDude · 08-13-2003, 12:15 AM

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

bleah-man · 08-13-2003, 03:13 AM

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

uncue75 · 08-13-2003, 01:38 PM

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

bleah-man · 08-13-2003, 02:16 PM

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.

uncue75 · 08-17-2003, 10:49 PM

any luck getting it working??

bleah-man · 08-18-2003, 04:39 AM

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.

bleah-man · 08-18-2003, 10:04 AM

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