authorisation fails to work - really confused!

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 14:12:46 GMT, The Other Guy responded to a post
from "Rich ²°°³" <y5 DeleteThis @6uuyyy.co.uk> who wrote in
alt.apache.configuration:

 >Hi,
 >
 >Here's what I've done so far..... (windows btw!)
 >
 >In httpd.conf I changed the .htaccess to the following (for windoze)
 >
 >AccessFileName folder.access
 >
 >So now it should look for files called folder.access, right?

I theory, yes.

 >I created a password file, which I named "users.pas" and placed it in the
 >directory "C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords"
 >
 >The users.pas contains the user "blabla".
 >
 >Ok, so far i think.

Have you got the prerequisite:
AllowOverride AuthConfig
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/howto/auth.html#theprerequisites" target="_blank">http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/howto/auth.html#theprerequisites</a>

 >I have created an alias for folder D:/installs called "/dalias/"

Has Apache got the right permissions to access D drive? In other
words, can it access it normally without the password protection? From
your comments below I assume this to be the case.

 >In the D:/installs directory I created the file "folder.access" and it
 >contains the following lines


 >AuthType Basic
 >AuthName "By Invitation Only"
 >AuthUserFile C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas

Put quotes around the above because you have a space in your file name
"Apache Group" (otherwise it thinks that it is two parameters.
e.g., "AuthUserFile C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas"


 >Require user blabla
 >
 >But when I browse to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://localhost/dalias/" target="_blank">http://localhost/dalias/</a> it doesn't ask for
 >authorisation..
 >
 >Can anyone see what i've done wrong?
 >
 >Thanks!
 >Rich.
 >

It is better to put the password protection in a directory container
as opposed to an individual file like .htaccess. In other words, put
the lines in a directory container like so:

<Directory "D:/installs/dalias">
AllowOverride AuthConfig
AuthType Basic
AuthName "By Invitation Only"
AuthUserFile C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas
Require user blabla
# plus any other Options that you desire
</Directory>

Depending on your setup, I put AllowOverride AuthConfig in the htdocs
directory container (so that all subdirectories inherit this
property), and then use AllowOverride None in subdirectories if I
want to make sure that access isn't an issue. See
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#allowoverride" target="_blank">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#allowoverride</a>


Check your error logs for any details as to why it may not be working.

HTH
TOG

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 >> Stay informed about: authorisation fails to work - really confused! 

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:16:58 GMT, The Other Guy responded to a post
from The Other Guy <nospam.TakeThisOut@this.addy> who wrote in
alt.apache.configuration:
<snip>
 >Put quotes around the above because you have a space in your file name
 >"Apache Group" (otherwise it thinks that it is two parameters.
 >e.g., "AuthUserFile C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas"
<snip>

sorry, put the quotes in wrong place; s/b

AuthUserFile "C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas"

 ><Directory "D:/installs/dalias">
 > AllowOverride AuthConfig
 >AuthType Basic
 >AuthName "By Invitation Only"
 >AuthUserFile C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas

AuthUserFile "C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas"
....

<snip>

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 >> Stay informed about: authorisation fails to work - really confused! 

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 > On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:16:58 GMT, The Other Guy responded to a post
 > from The Other Guy <nospam.DeleteThis@this.addy> who wrote in
 > alt.apache.configuration:
 > <snip>
  > >Put quotes around the above because you have a space in your file name
  > >"Apache Group" (otherwise it thinks that it is two parameters.
  > >e.g., "AuthUserFile C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas"
 > <snip>
 >
 > sorry, put the quotes in wrong place; s/b
 >
 > AuthUserFile "C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas"
 >
  > ><Directory "D:/installs/dalias">
  > > AllowOverride AuthConfig
  > >AuthType Basic
  > >AuthName "By Invitation Only"
  > >AuthUserFile C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas
 >
 > AuthUserFile "C:/Server/Apache Group/Apache/passwords/users.pas"
 > ...
 >
 > <snip>
 >
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Hi,

Thanks for your help!

I took on board your suggestions and also shifted the users.pas file to the
following location "C:/Server/Passwords" - it all seems to work now!

I think the space was causing a problem more than anything else.

Thanks again,
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 >> Stay informed about: authorisation fails to work - really confused!