We’re running prefork. I can see the processes running under the correct user:
$ ps -ef | grep httpd apache 14638 26766 0 11:32 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -d /www/etc/apache/config -c Pidfile /web/logs/pid-files/httpd.pid -f /www/etc/apache/config/httpd.conf $ groups apache apache : apache Even adding read and execute to others on the config directory isn’t sufficient. I still have to add read to the htpasswd file itself. Thanks, Dave From: Vincenzo D'Amore [mailto:v.dam...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 1:49 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Cc: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: [users@httpd] htpasswd permissions Hi, May be you should double check what MPM are you using and if the User directive is supported. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_common.html#user I don't know exactly why you're experiencing this problem but if you grant the execute permission to others at config directory this shouldn't lead in any security issue. Best regards, Vincenzo On 03/lug/2013, at 18:40, "Isenhower, Dave" <dave.isenho...@siemens.com<mailto:dave.isenho...@siemens.com>> wrote: 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: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org<mailto:users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org<mailto:users-h...@httpd.apache.org>
