I want to setup digest password authentication as a light deterrent
around a development site (i.e. nothing sensitive, just not ready for
public consumption).
I added the following to httpd.conf:
<Directory "/var/www/html/dev">
AuthType Digest
AuthName "Development Area - Authorised Access Only!"
AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/passwd/digest
Require user username
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from {ipaddress}
</Directory>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ServerName dev.domain.co.uk
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/dev
</VirtualHost>
I then created a password file:
htdigest -c /usr/local/apache2/passwd/digest realm username
Finally I restarted apache:
apachectl graceful
A few issues:
1. I don't know what the significance of realm is, nor have I been able
to find out.
2. Attempts to connect to this site get the username and password box,
but all produce an Error 500 page, regardless of whether the correct
credentials are entered or not. No files exist within /var/www/html/dev
because I simply wished to test authentication.
Everything looks okay as best as I can tell, but as this is my first
crack at this sort of thing I'm hoping for some guidance.
Paul Cocker
Systems Infrastructure Support Administrator
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