Hmm, that's strange, on my 2.2.3 server, that module is installed by default, otherwise I'd certainly have had some issues as I have about 10 .htaccess protected directories.
Ah well, keep smiling :) Andy. Fermín Galán Márquez wrote: > Dear Andy, > > Finally, it was not related with AuthBasicAuthoritative, but with authz_user > module. I've found the solution at: > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/apache/users/321797 > > Thanks! > > Best regards, > > -------------------- > Fermín Galán Márquez > CTTC - Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya > Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia, Av. del Canal Olímpic s/n, 08860 > Castelldefels, Spain > Room 1.02 > Tel : +34 93 645 29 12 > Fax : +34 93 645 29 01 > Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Andy > Shellam (Mailing Lists) > Enviado el: lunes, 06 de noviembre de 2006 18:20 > Para: Nagios Users mailinglist > Asunto: Re: [Nagios-users] Problem after installation accesing nagios > > On Apache 2.2 you need to have an Authoritative authorisation handler. > > Lookup the AuthBasicAuthoritiative (I think) directive in the Apache > documentation, and this needs to go in the .htaccess file (or httpd.conf > file) where the htpasswd.users file is referenced. > > (eg. > AuthUserFile /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users > Require valid-users > AuthBasicAuthoritative on > ) etc. > > Andy. > > Fermín Galán Márquez wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> My name is Fermín Galán and I've discovered Nagios recently. I'm >> trying using it to monitor some devices in my network. >> >> However, I've got a problem after installation (I'm using Debian, so I >> installed with 'apt-get install nagios-mysql'). During the aumatic APT >> configuration procedure, I got the following warning message: >> >> There is no htpasswd command, so I can't create the password file for >> you. If you want to use nagios with apache You will have to figure >> out a way to create a htpasswd file yourself. If you've chosen to >> configure apache (or some other web server) manually, you can safely >> disregard this. Otherwise, the htpasswd file should be called: >> /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users >> and be mode 0640, owned by root, group www-data. >> chown root:www-data /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users || true >> chmod 0640 /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users || true >> >> I followed the instructions to set the access file for nagiosadmin >> user, so I've now a htpasswd.users file in the right location, with >> the righ owner and permissions: >> >> pcopt3:/usr/share/nagios/htdocs# ls -l /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users >> -rw-r----- 1 root www-data 26 2006-11-06 11:16 >> /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users >> >> Now when accesing to http://localhost/nagios I get the usual >> authorization dialog in my browser. However, I didn't get access. The >> error message I got in apache2 error log is the following: >> >> access to /nagios failed, reason: require directives present and no >> Authoritative handler. >> >> I'd like to point that the problem doesn't seem to be due to password >> mismatch (because in that case the error message will be: "user >> > nagiosadmin: > >> authentication failure for "/nagios": Password Mismatch" >> >> I'm using apache2 with the shiped configuartion in its debian package >> (apache2 version: 2.2.3-3). Regarding Nagios versions: >> >> pcopt3:/usr/share/nagios/htdocs# dpkg -l | grep nagios >> ii nagios-common 1.4-2 A >> host/service/network monitoring and manage >> ii nagios-mysql 1.4-2 A >> host/service/network monitoring and manage >> ii nagios-plugins 1.4.3.0cvs.20060707-3 Plugins >> > for > >> the nagios network monitoring an >> ii nagios-plugins-basic 1.4.3.0cvs.20060707-3 Plugins >> > for > >> the nagios network monitoring an >> ii nagios-plugins-standard 1.4.3.0cvs.20060707-3 Plugins >> > for > >> the nagios network monitoring an >> >> Is this a know issue? How could I solve the problem, please? >> >> Thanks in advance! :) >> >> Best regards, >> >> -------------------- >> Fermín Galán Márquez >> CTTC - Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya Parc >> Mediterrani de la Tecnologia, Av. del Canal Olímpic s/n, 08860 >> Castelldefels, Spain Room 1.02 Tel : +34 93 645 29 12 Fax : +34 93 645 >> 29 01 Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> PD. 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