Hi, I have a an htpasswd file that I want to have locked down so that it cannot be read on the filesystem by anyone other than the owner and Apache. Apache is version 2.2.3 running on RedHat Linux 5.9.
The permissions I have set are as follows: drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 May 7 10:19 /www drwxrwxr-x 3 webowner apache 4096 May 7 10:03 /www/etc drwxrwxr-x 4 webowner apache 4096 Jun 7 18:01 /www/etc/apache drwxrwx--- 6 webowner apache 4096 Jun 7 18:01 /www/etc/apache/config -rw-rw---- 1 webowner apache 123 Jun 7 18:01 /www/etc/apache/config/htpasswd The httpd server starts as root and runs under the apache account as a member of the apache group. Under this permission structure, the web server will prompt the user for authentication, but throws an internal server error after the attempted login. The error log shows this: [Wed Jul 03 10:58:12 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: Could not open password file: /www/etc/apache/config/htpasswd [Wed Jul 03 10:58:12 2013] [crit] [client 127.0.0.1] configuration error: couldn't check user. No user file?: /restricted/testfile.html If I give read access to others on htpasswd (chmod o+r) and the config directory (chmod o+rx), there's no more internal server error. Changing the owner from webowner to apache also resolves the issue. However, neither of these options meets my needs in terms of file-security. I'm stumped and would appreciate any help. Thanks, Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
