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Re: [cobalt-users] .htaccess and passwords
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] .htaccess and passwords
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Dec 6 22:28:10 2001
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Ryan Briones wrote:
> I've recently taken upon the task of learning how to setup a password
> protected area using Apache's Basic Authentication methods. (BTW, this is on
> a Raq2) I followed the step by step on how to add users/passwords and ow to
> create an .htaccess file. So I go the site and Bam! I get a user/password
> prompt. But when I put in the user/password that I entered using htpasswd
> doesn't authenticate me.
Is your user/password a user already set up on the RaQ or one you
invented for the site? If the latter, then you need to turn off the
default checking against the /etc/passwd file. Have you got this line
in your .htaccess file:
AuthPAM_Enabled off
???
Jeff
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