On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Gilbert Sebenste wrote: > Hello all, > > OK. I'm slowly getting things working here. > > On my old version of httpd, I included in my /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf > file: > > ## > ## access.conf -- Apache HTTP server configuration file > ## > > # This is the default file for the AccessConfig directive in httpd.conf. > # It is processed after httpd.conf and srm.conf. > # > # > <Directory /blah/blah/> > AuthType Basic > AuthName "The passworded directory" > AuthUserFile /blah/blah/passwordfile > require valid-user > > This used to work under RedHat 9, where it forced you to log in to acces > sthe directory. Now, the directory is unprotected. Did something change > with this version of Apache? Yep, the password file is still there. Yes, but this is no longer being used in a separate file. Now, you muist put this: AuthType Basic AuthName "The passworded directory" AuthUserFile /blah/blah/passwordfile require valid-user Into a .htaccess file in the directory you want to protect. Then, it works fine. The old way of doing it has been discontinued. ******************************************************************************* Gilbert Sebenste ******** (My opinions only!) ****** Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** E-mail: gilbert@xxxxxxx *** web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** Work phone: 815-753-5492 * *******************************************************************************
