[cobalt-users] Re: [Cobalt] Raq3 Problems

[Scott Prince <saprince@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Make sure you have Pam off and group pointing to /dev/null (unless of 
course you specify a group file for that directory)...

AuthUserFile /home/sites/site00/web/foo.passwd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName ByPassword
AuthType Basic
AuthPAM_Enabled off
<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit>

Check that the setup is correct in your httpd.conf. If your server stores 
passwords in /etc/passwd, you should fix this right away, as shadow 
passwords are much more secure. Sorry I'm not familiar with the raq3 
specifically, but the Apache directives are relatively straight forward.


Scott


on 2000-04-18 04:47, Roger Dunk wrote...
>G'day all,
>
>Having a few problems with my Raq3 relating to Anonymous FTP and also 
>htaccess.
>
>1) Anonymous FTP - I have Anonymous FTP enabled for a particular IP 
>address and it all works fine, for a day or two. Then it simply stop 
>responding to anonymous ftp requests and requires restarting. A check of 
>the logs files shows nothing useful, except that it says (once it's 
>stopped working) that user 'anonymous' or 'guest' doesn't exist. Has 
>anyone else experienced this, or knows how to fix?
>
>2) I can't get .htaccess files to work. I've followed all the instructions 
>in the knowledge base etc but no matter what I do it NEVER reads my 
>.htpasswd file. Instead, when prompted for a username/password it allows 
>users that exist in /etc/passwd access. This is NOT what I want. Surely I 
>should be able to use my own .htpasswd file and specify it as AuthUserFile 
>in .htaccess?
>
>BTW. I've got all the latest Raq3 updates from www.cobalt.com installed.
>
>Thanks,
>Roger
>