That did the trick. Thanks very much!

To clarify for others, I ended up with:

<Directory "/PATH/TO/DIRECTORY_CONTAINING_WSGI_HANDLER_SCRIPT">
AuthType Basic
AuthName " "
AuthUserFile /PATH/TO/FILE_WITH_PASSWORDS_FOR_APACHE
Satisfy All
require valid-user
</Directory>

On Apr 3, 4:10 pm, Graham Dumpleton <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 2009/4/4 David <[email protected]>:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi, I'm relatively new to Django and newer to mod_wsgi. I'm trying to
> > do number 1 from Graham's post (Have Apache handle HTTP Basic
> > authentication, with reference to a user database managed by Apache,
> > such as htpasswd file).
>
> > I can get it to work when I remove the configuration for my Django
> > application. However, when the application is running, it seems to
> > bypass the authentication process (the login dialog is never
> > presented).
>
> > As an aside, I was able to get option 3 in Graham's post working, but
> > would rather use Apache for this basic auth (just to keep folks from
> > seeing our dev in progress).
>
> > My http.include for the vhost looks like this:
>
> > <VirtualHost 70.32.93.84:80>
> >        ServerName   stage.odopod.com:80
> >        ServerAdmin  "[email protected]"
> >        DocumentRoot /path/to/httpdocs
> >        CustomLog  /path/to/logs/access_log plesklog
> >        ErrorLog  /path/to/logs/error_log
> > <IfModule mod_userdir.c>
> >        UserDir /path/to/web_users
> > </IfModule>
> >        <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
> >                SSLEngine off
> >        </IfModule>
> >        <Directory /path/to/httpdocs>
> >        <IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
> >                php_admin_flag engine off
> >        </IfModule>
> >        <IfModule mod_php5.c>
> >                php_admin_flag engine off
> >        </IfModule>
> >                Options -Includes -ExecCGI
> >        </Directory>
> >        <Directory /path/to/web_users>
> >        <IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
> >                php_admin_flag engine off
> >        </IfModule>
> >        <IfModule mod_php5.c>
> >                php_admin_flag engine off
> >        </IfModule>
> >        </Directory>
>
> >        <Directory "/path/to/httpdocs">
> >                AuthType Basic
> >                AuthName " "
> >                AuthUserFile /path/to/d..httpdocs
> >                Satisfy All
> >                require  valid-user
> >        </Directory>
>
> >       # if I comment the below 3 lines, the above authentication
> > works; with the three lines in place, I do not get the auth dialog.
> >        WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/wsgi_handler.py
>
> The auth stuff above needs to be on the directory the WSGI script file
> is in. Since you have shown only example paths, can't tell for sure if
> that is what you are doing. But with paths as shown, would need:
>
>        <Directory "/path/to">
>                AuthType Basic
>                AuthName " "
>                AuthUserFile /path/to/d..httpdocs
>                Satisfy All
>                require  valid-user
>        </Directory>
>
> That is, one directory above where you had it.
>
> Graham
>
> >        WSGIDaemonProcess something user=apache group=apache processes=1
> > threads=10
> >        WSGIProcessGroup something
>
> > </VirtualHost>
>
> > On Feb 3, 6:23 pm, Graham Dumpleton <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >> 2009/2/3 michaelg <[email protected]>:
>
> >> > I'm using mod_wsgi to serve a couple django sites on a WHM/cpanel
> >> > server.  I'd like to use basic auth to password protect the
> >> > development server, but I'm having difficulty applying the
> >> > instructions from this guide (http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/
> >> > AccessControlMechanisms).  I'm guessing I need to enter the info in my
> >> > vhost include file, which looks like this:
>
> >> > #/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/2/account/dev.site.com/vhost.conf
>
> >> > <IfModule mod_alias.c>
> >> > Alias /robots.txt /home/account/public_html/dev/site/media/robots.txt
> >> > Alias /media /home/account/public_html/dev/site/media
> >> > Alias /admin_media /home/account/public_html/dev/site/media/
> >> > admin_media
> >> > </IfModule>
>
> >> > <IfModule mod_wsgi.c>
> >> > WSGIScriptAlias / /home/account/public_html/test.wsgi
> >> > WSGIDaemonProcess nobody processes=2 threads=5 display-name=%{GROUP}
> >> > WSGIProcessGroup nobody
> >> > WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
> >> > </IfModule>
>
> >> > Please show me how to setup basic auth for this development site.
>
> >> Which of the following are you wanting to do:
>
> >> 1. Have Apache handle HTTP Basic authentication, with reference to a
> >> user database managed by Apache, such as htpasswd file? If this, see
> >> Apache documentation:
>
> >>  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/auth.html
>
> >> See Apache 2.0 documentation of using older Apache as there are some
> >> differences in some cases.
>
> >> 2. Have Apache handle HTTP Basic authentication, with Python code
> >> provided through mod_wsgi hooks to allow user database checks to be
> >> handled by your own custom code? If this, then covered by mod_wsgi
> >> documentation you have already been looking at:
>
> >>  http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/AccessControlMechanisms
>
> >> 3. Allow a WSGI application to handle the HTTP Basic authentication?
> >> If this, then you just need to enable passing of authentication
> >> headers to WSGI application using WSGIPassAuthentication directive.
> >> See:
>
> >>  http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationDirectives#WSGIPas...
>
> >> So, please clarify which you actually want, then I'll go and ask
> >> questions about what you expect to see and what you are getting.
>
> >> Graham
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