Re: Altering httpd.conf file for authentication

Hi Everyone:

I managed to fix up the httpd.conf file and it went
beyond names as suggested by Leif. Thanks Leif for
your suggestion, but in my case, I also had to remove
the quotation commas " " in defining where the
.htaccess file resided in my <Directory> of the
httpd.conf file.

.htaccess does indeed cause a pop-up to appear.

It took a long time and I am pleased it is now
working.

Tony

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> Subject: RE: Altering httpd.conf file for
> authentication
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:15:53 -0800
> From: "Leif Sawyer" <lsawyer@gci.com>
>
> Tony wrote:
> > I am trying to set up a basic authentication login
> for entry
> > to a website using Apache. Part of the httpd.conf
> file in the
> > Directory section reads like
> > this:
> >
> > <Directory "/var/www/icons">
> > Options Indexes MultiViews
> > AllowOverride None
> > Order allow,deny
> > Allow from all
> > </Directory>
> > <Directory "/var/www/html/index_files">
> > AllowOverride AuthConfig
> > AuthName "index_files"
> > AuthType Basic
> > require valid-user
> > AuthUserFile /var/www/html/index_files/.htaccess
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> > As you can see I created a directory called
> "index_files" and
> > it has "index.html" in it. So I put the AuthName
> as
> > "index_files" and I created a .htaccess file
> (htpasswd -c
> > /var/www/html/index_files/.htpacess) and also
> placed it in
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
> Check names.
>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:21:24 -0800
> From: "Jamie Hushower" <hushower@alaska-geeks.com>
> Subject: Re: Altering httpd.conf file for
> authentication
>
> Are you blocking popups? .htaccess causes a popup
> window for
> authentication, yes?
>
> -Jamie
>
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> Jamie Hushower
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony <vze2jy85@yahoo.com>
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:08:51 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Altering httpd.conf file for authentication
>
> > Hi Everyone:
> >
> > I have a question that I been dealing for several
> > hours with no success.
> >
> > I am trying to set up a basic authentication login
> for
> > entry to a website using Apache. Part of the
> > httpd.conf file in the Directory section reads
> like
> > this:
> >
> > <Directory "/var/www/icons">
> > Options Indexes MultiViews
> > AllowOverride None
> > Order allow,deny
> > Allow from all
> > </Directory>
> > <Directory "/var/www/html/index_files">
> > AllowOverride AuthConfig
> > AuthName "index_files"
> > AuthType Basic
> > require valid-user
> > AuthUserFile /var/www/html/index_files/.htaccess
> > </Directory>
> >
> > As you can see I created a directory called
> > "index_files" and it has "index.html" in it. So I
> put
> > the AuthName as "index_files" and I created a
> > .htaccess file (htpasswd -c
> > /var/www/html/index_files/.htpacess) and also
> placed
> > it in that directory.
> >
> > However when I try to access it from another
> computer,
> > I am told that I have a 403 error and I do not
> have
> > permission to access the directory.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong. I think
> the
> > problem is in the httpd.conf file.
> >
> > Tony
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> ------------------------------
>
> From: "Joshua J. Kugler" <joshua@eeinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: Altering httpd.conf file for
> authentication
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:28:55 -0800
>
> On Friday 28 July 2006 11:21, Jamie Hushower wrote:
> > Are you blocking popups? .htaccess causes a popup
> window for
> > authentication, yes?
>
> Yes, it's a window, but not in the "popup" sense of
> the word. It's a browser
> generated dialog box.
>
> j
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> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:57:03 -0800
> From: barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net>
> Subject: wiki.aklug.org
>
> This is now a valid address.
>
> http://wiki.aklug.org
>
> Mike B.
>
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> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:20:27 -0500
> From: kracker <thekracker@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Altering httpd.conf file for
> authentication
>
> Which is not (in my experience) ever been considered
> a browser popup,
> instead I've always considered this gui element a
> browser window used
> for authentication above or outside the traditional
> browser window
> popup definition.
>
> Sadly it's use almost standardly used used
> insecurely with AuthType
> Basic and a prayer for security through obscurity.
>
> *shrugs*
> //kracker
>
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