Martin F Krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > trying to get apache to authorize users through .htaccess. this isn't > my first time, but it's not working and i am clueless. > > i can either configure the following settings via .htaccess (having > set AllowOverride AuthConfig for Directory /, or i can put the lines > into the Directory / container: > > AuthType Basic > AuthName "admin.home.madduck.net" > AuthUserFile .htpasswd > AuthGroupFile /dev/null > Require valid-user > > no matter where i place .htpasswd, or how i name it, whether i give > its location relatively to ServerRoot or absolute anywhere on the > machine, apache complains in its error.log that > > [error] user madduck not found: /
Do you have a 'loadmodule sys_auth_module ...' in your http.conf? If yes, comment it out. That was what my box didn't like back when I had the problem to get the user-auth to work at all. -- Tschoe, http://gecius.de/gpg-key.txt - Fingerprint: Jens 1AAB 67A2 1068 77CA 6B0A 41A4 18D4 A89B 28D0 F097
