From nobody@hyperreal.com Mon Mar 31 17:05:07 1997 Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.8.4/V2.0) id RAA02810; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:05:07 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199704010105.RAA02810@taz.hyperreal.com> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:05:07 -0800 (PST) From: "M. Edwards" Reply-To: mle@afterlife.ncsc.mil To: apbugs@hyperreal.com Subject: .htpasswd being ignoreed under apache though functional under ncsa httpd X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 291 >Category: config >Synopsis: .htpasswd being ignoreed under apache though functional under ncsa httpd >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: closed >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 31 17:10:01 1997 >Last-Modified: Sun Jun 29 17:49:20 PDT 1997 >Originator: mle@afterlife.ncsc.mil >Organization: >Release: 1.1.1 >Environment: gcc / Solaris 2.5.1 >Description: By all appearance, the .htpasswd file is being ignored by apache. Are there special flags neede or special compile-time flags needed in order for .htpasswd to continue functioning when moving from NCSA httpd to apache? >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: provide pointer to URL describing how to use '.htpasswd' under apach >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback State-Changed-By: coar@decus.org State-Changed-When: Tue Apr 1 04:37:46 PST 1997 State-Changed-Why: It sounds as though you mean that you have .htaccess files that specify authentication information, but when you try to access the pages, no authentication window appears. If that is the case, you probably need to add or modify an AllowOverride directive to the server configuration files for the directory in question or one of its ancestors. The AllowOverride directive options should include "AuthConfig" to allow .htaccess files to specify authentication instructions. See the comments in the conf/access.conf file and the directives at http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/directives.html Please let us know if this fixes your problem or not. State-Changed-From-To: feedback-closed State-Changed-By: dgaudet State-Changed-When: Sun Jun 29 17:49:19 PDT 1997 State-Changed-Why: No feedback, assuming user is missing the necessary directives in their .htaccess file to enable the .htpasswd file. Ken's response indicates how to do that. Dean >Unformatted: