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Date: 27 Jan 2000 20:49:54 -0000
From: Jason Matheson <jason@calexis.com>
Reply-To: jason@calexis.com
To: submit@bugz.apache.org
Subject: .htpass does not work - password mismatch error
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>Number:         5660
>Category:       mod_auth-any
>Synopsis:       .htpass does not work - password mismatch error
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan 27 12:50:00 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    Wed May 03 13:08:36 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Wed May 03 13:08:36 PDT 2000
>Originator:     jason@calexis.com
>Release:        1.3.9
>Organization:
>Environment:
Free BSD 3.3_19991130 OS
Compiled Apache using the built in 'ports' Makefile
>Description:
I am using the htpasswd program with the -c switch.
I keep getting an Authentication Failure when trying to login to a page
that is protected by .htaccess / .htpasswd.
The Apache error logs indicate a password mismatch error:

user Jason: authentication failure for "/home/": password mismatch

The strange thing is that this .htpasswd file works fine on my old BSDi 2.0 
machine - with an old 1.2.x version of Apache.

I have checked newsgroups and searched this entire site but havn't found any
answers.

Thanks
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: coar
State-Changed-When: Wed May  3 13:08:35 PDT 2000
State-Changed-Why:
Different operating systems often use different algorithms
for their crypt() routine.  This means that .htpasswd files
are commonly not transportable.

If you add the '-m' flag to your htpasswd command, the
passwords will be encrypted using a common MD5 algorithm
that is built into Apache.  Passwords that are encrypted
this way will work on any system, and the files are
portable.

Release-Changed-From-To: Apache 1.3.9 Server-1.3.9
Release-Changed-By: coar
Release-Changed-When: Wed May  3 13:08:35 PDT 2000
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