The solution to this problem is deceptively simple. Unfortunately, The
apache logs are not giving you anything that's useful in solving the
problem. I've just spend time running around in circles wondering why my
web server was broken!
This error occurs if apache does not have permission to
Package: libapache-mod-auth-pam
Version: 1.1.1-8
Severity: important
Enabling authentication by mod_auth_pam does not work. both the apache
and apache-ssl packages fail, with similar symptoms.
For each login attempt, the logfile states the following lines (debug2):
[Sat Oct 29 16:19:20 2005]
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