Re: [TCLUG:9081] Apache authentication trouble

["Mike Glaser" <jurupari@geocities.com>]

> Please forgive the obvious suggestion, but did you restart Apache after
> changing the config files?
> 
> -Tim

ahhh, sure I can...

Actually that seems to be part of the problem. I wasn't sure if I 
needed to do such a thing or not. A few times I just rebooted the 
server, but nothing seemed to change at all. Today when I booted up 
the RH system and tried to go to my home page, I was immediately 
greeted with a please authenticate form. I wasn't able to do so for 
some reason, but at least SOMETHING happened!

I feel like tinkering with it somemore. Can you tell me how I can 
shutdown/startup my server without having to reboot my system?

Also, could you explain the difference between MD5 encryption of my 
password list over 'standard' encryption?  I noticed some mention of 
that in the htpasswd executable. What happens when both Windows and 
linux users try to access a secure page? How do I use the password 
file in such a case??  Can I use different encryption for different 
users within the same password file?


Thank-you,
Mike