>Number: 1511 >Category: general >Synopsis: AuthUserFile incorrect path documentation >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 4 06:00:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3b3 Windows >Environment: Windows 95/NT binary 1.3b3 download >Description: About the directives AuthUserFile and AuthGroupFile the manual says :
>How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] [you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] >The AuthUserFile directive sets the name of a textual file containing the list >of users and passwords for user authentication. >Filename is the ABSOLUTE PATH to the user file. This statement is incorrect The path must be RELATIVE to ServerRoot. EG : AuthUserFile c:/apache/conf/htpasswd -----> DOES NOT WORK AuthUserFile conf/htpasswd -----> IS CORRECT
