[nylug-talk] Apache problem

[Ruben Safir]

> 
> <Directory "/var/www/html">
>         Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
>         AuthType Basic
>         AuthName "Private Access"

Your Authorization is being controlled by a programming module
dubbed "Private Access"

This is were it really helps to understand the Apache Response 
Cycle.  There is Authorization and Athentication.  Authorization
answers the question of wheather a page is allowed access.  Authentication
recokognizes a user and determines if they recognized.

See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_auth_basic.html

and 

http://www.modperl.com/book/chapters/ch6.html

The modperl book is probably still the best working
text to explain apache's inards using programming 
examples.  Basic authorization and authenitation
hasn't changed that must from the apache 1.38 days.

Ruben

>         AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/passwords
>         Require valid-user
>         AllowOverride None
>         Order deny,allow
>         Allow from all
> </Directory>
> 
> DirectoryIndex index.html
> 
> 
> 
> I have no problems authenticating using the passwords file and I don't
> use .htaccess
> 
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