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mattes4444

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:35 pm
Post subject: .htaccess doesn't work in subdir of cgi-bin?
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Hello all,

I try to protect the cgi-bin directory which includes my file
viewcvs.cgi . It's in a subfolder cgi-bin/viewcvs/
I'd like to use a .htaccess file but this doesn't seem to work there:

the .htaccess file:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "ViewCVS"
AuthUserFile /usr/lib/cgi-bin/viewcvs/.htpasswd
require valid-user

and in the httpd.conf I just manipulated the entry
AllowOverride None to ... AuthConfig
should work, or not?:

<Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin/>
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Options ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>


But it doesn't work... just no kind of password request. It also doesn't
help to write <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin/viewcvs/>.
Same .htaccess works in a user public_html directory!
Server is Apache 1.3.26 on debian.
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot!
cheers

Mattes

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davideyeahsure

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:35 am
Post subject: Re: .htaccess doesn't work in subdir of cgi-bin? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On 2004-11-30, Mattes Herrlich <mattes4444.RemoveThis@gmx.de> wrote:
 > I try to protect the cgi-bin directory which includes my file
 > viewcvs.cgi . It's in a subfolder cgi-bin/viewcvs/
 > I'd like to use a .htaccess file but this doesn't seem to work there:

Usually the cgi-dir directory uses the ScriptAlias directive, that
include something like AllowOverride None that (in turn) disable the
use of .htaccess file.

You have two way: enable htacces by AllowOverride Auth or put your
authentication options directly in httpd.conf

Davide

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mattes4444

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:35 am
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Hello Davide,

 > Usually the cgi-dir directory uses the ScriptAlias directive, that
 > include something like AllowOverride None that (in turn) disable the
 > use of .htaccess file.
 >
 > You have two way: enable htacces by AllowOverride Auth or put your
 > authentication options directly in httpd.conf

Yes, but didn't I do that by writing this into the httpd.conf?:

<Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin/>
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Options ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Because of "AllowOverride AuthConfig", the use of .htaccess should work
for all files in /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ and its subdirectories, or am I wrong
here?
Unfortunately it doesn't work..
cheers,

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:35 am
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Oh my dear!
It works now, sorry for asking!

It seems I forgot to restart the browser (yes, the browser, I already
restarted apache) after having accessed the page without .htaccess
previously. Wink
cheers

Mattes
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 4:35 am
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On 2004-12-01, Mattes Herrlich <mattes4444.RemoveThis@gmx.de> wrote:
 > Yes, but didn't I do that by writing this into the httpd.conf?:
 ><Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin/>
 > AllowOverride AuthConfig
 > Options ExecCGI
 > Order allow,deny
 > Allow from all
 ></Directory>

Well, yes. I tried the same with Apache 1.3.31 and it worked, only
differences: I used "AllowOverride All" and "Options +ExecCGI".
Maybe is a problem in the different version of Apache.

You can try using those directives, then adding the Auth* directives
directly in the httpd.conf. Other than that, maybe upgrade is an
option.

Davide

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