On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Frank Boehme wrote:
> I have tried to install 1.4beta4 from scratch. Of course, I carefully
> saved everything from my 1.4beta3 installation (which proved wise,
> 'cause I have already reverted back).
>
Pfew...
> These are my findings:
>
> 1.)
>
> Apparently, it is not possible to get things working when libmidgard was
> compiled without sitegroups enabled, because otherwise I got that
> (already reported) message about the undefined symbol
> mgd_delete_sitegroups when apache tries to load libphp3.so. I played a
> bit around and recompiled php3 after setting
Haven't been in this situation, but my guess is that the previous
libmidgard was in the way.
> 2.)
>
> Ok, I deleted everything and compiled libmidgard with sitegroups
> enabled. Then I compiled mod_midgard and libphp3 again from scratch and
> installed them. This time, apache could be started w/o without any
> barfing. I know that the authentication for the root page has changed,
> but I don't know if that already applies to the 1.4beta4 source tarball.
> Anyway, if the section
>
It does not.
> <Files
> midgard-root.php3>
> require
> valid-user
> AuthName
> Midgard
> AuthType
> Basic
> </Files>
>
...and so, the above section should be present.
> is present in httpd.conf, then public midgard pages work but I keep
> getting "authentication failed, retry?" and no error messegaes in the
> log (loglevel debug). I guess, that apache and midgard are in a clich
> here.
With a sitegroups enabled Midgard one would login as admin* , as opposed
to admin in a non sitegrouped Mgd. There are more variations, and it is
A Good Thing (tm) to read the bit in the manual about sitegroups. _If_ you
decide to give it another shot that is.
> After all, I didn't succeed in installing beta4 and went back to
> 1.4beta3, which is a pity, because I want to experiment with code
> snippets.
>
Certainly a pity. _not_ commenting on anyones hairdo, I agree with Emile
that we should _not_ release a beta in this manner _ever_ again.
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