Thanks it worked. For the benefit of other newbies:
1. Generate the password file, and put in the directory you wish to protect: ./mongoose -A .htpasswd myserver joe test 2. Next, either launch Mongoose with "./mongoose -auth_domain myserver" or edit mongoose.conf to include the auth_domain directive. On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:46:44 PM UTC+1, Sergey Lyubka wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Gilles <[email protected] > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Thanks but still no go (this is in a test lab, so no DNS server): >> >> 1. Added server host to "hosts" file on client host: >> 192.168.0.10<TAB>srv >> 2. Ran ./mongoose-lua-sqlite -A .htpasswd srv joe test >> 3. Hit "http://srv:8080/mysecret": Doesn't pass authentication, and >> ends in 404 >> >> Note that your question is not mongoose specific. I've shown you a > working sequence of commands, > and you turned around with non-working one saying it is not working. > Wasn't that expected? > > Take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digest_access_authentication, > there is > an example with explanation. > > Here is another working sequence that uses "srv" domain rather then the > default one: > > mongoose -A .htpasswd srv joe test > mongoose -auth_domain srv > > I have no problem explaining things, but please read carefully. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mongoose-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mongoose-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
