Re: [TCLUG:9081] Apache authentication trouble

[Nate Carlson <natecars@infiniteloop.com>]

Where did you place the .htaccess file? It should be in
/home/httpd/html/mike/stuff.

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Nate Carlson
the infinite loop
natecars@infiniteloop.com

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Mike Glaser wrote:

> I am trying to restrict certain pages on a web site with user 
> authentication in Apache and I am in need of some help.
> 
> I started by going to the Apache site for help and that led me to this URL: 
> http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth The document there seemed 
> straightforward enough but I am not able to restrict anything yet. Here's 
> what I did...
> 
> 1) created a 'user' file with htpasswd and added one user and entered a 
> password. I placed that file in /usr/local/etc/httpd. I had to create a 
> couple of those directories, and I did so as root.
> 
> 2) created a .htaccess file and here is what it contained:
> 
>   AuthName "mike-restricted"
>   AuthType Basic
>   AuthUserFile /usr/local/etc/httpd/users
> 
>   require mike
> 
> 3) For a little more background, here is my directory structure
> 
> /home/httpd/html	here resides my index.html file. Server root.
> /home/httpd/html/mike  I want this directory and all subs secured.
> /home/httpd/html/mike/stuff  a subdirectory to be secured.
> 
> 4) I added the following to the standard access.conf file found in 
> /etc/httpd/conf
> 
> <Directory /home/httpd/html/mike>
> order deny,allow
> deny from all
> Options None
> AllowOverride AuthConfig
> </Directory>
> 
> Note: I played around with this a bunch and never noticed any changes.
> 
> 5) From my homepage (index.html in /home/httpd/html) I had a link on one of 
> the pages that would go to the following page:
> 
> <a href="mike/stuff/testpage.html">testpage</a>
> 
> >From what I have been able to determine, that when I click on the link to 
> this page, so magical screen should pop up asking me to authenticate myself 
> before I get to see that page. Nothing of the sort happens, it just pops 
> open immediately.
> 
> Can anyone point out what I am doing wrong?? Or point my to some other 
> documentation that could walk me through this?? I am using a fairly 
> unmodified RedHat 6.0 installation for this web server.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
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