[cobalt-users] Re: .htaccess problem

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Mr. Yon,

I believe you forgot to turn the normal pam modules off.
If you insert a line that reads "AuthPAM_Enabled off", that should fix it.
 

> From: "Ray Yon" <ryon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "cobalt" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 00:58:48 -0500
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Subject: [cobalt-users] .htaccess problem
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> I think I have something misconfigured on my server, but I am not sure.  I
> would appreciate a look.
> 
> I am working with the domain www.gibcarson.com.  They are located on my
> server at /home/sites/site19.
> 
> I have an passworded directory at /home/sites/site19/web/admin.  In that
> directory, I have a .htaccess file (see below), and a service.pwd file.
> Now comes the weird part.
> 
> As long as the .htaccess is in the directory, I am prompted for login and
> password using the login name ryon and the password n1njas.  This works even
> if I delete the service.pwd file.  I can remove ryon from the service.pwd,
> and the login still works.  I can add new logins to the service.pwd, but
> they do not work.
> 
> If I delete .htaccess, then I get no prompt for login.
> 
> It appears that the .htaccess is looking elsewhere for the login
> information, but I don't know where.  As you can see from the file below,
> the full path is entered to the admin directory.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Ray Yon
> OmegaNet, Inc.
> 
> .htaccess file
> ###########################################################
> # -FrontPage-
> IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
> <Limit GET POST>
> order deny,allow
> deny from all
> allow from all
> require valid-user
> </Limit>
> 
> AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
> 
> # mod
> # modified JEO 11/23/99  11:16 am
> # AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .shtml
> AddType text/html html .shtml
> # /mod
> 
> XBitHack on
> <Limit PUT DELETE>
> order deny,allow
> deny from all
> </Limit>
> 
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName secure
> AuthUserFile /home/sites/site19/web/admin/service.pwd
> AuthGroupFile /home/sites/site19/web/admin/service.grp
> ##########################################################
> 


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