Password not working

I'm running Gentoo, with apache-2.2.4, and mod_fcgid-2.2.  This is code
that used to work (but with an older version of apache, and with
mod_fastcgi).  C code is used both for lots on the site as well as for
authentication.  In httpd.conf, I have

    <Directory "/malc/www/a">
        AuthBasicAuthoritative off
        AllowOverride None
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "mom -- password only (click cancel for help)"
    FastCgiAuthenticator /malc/www/cgi-bin/mom.fcg
#    ErrorDocument 401 /authfail.html
    ErrorDocument 401 /authfail.html
    require valid-user
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    </Directory>

When accessing something in this directory, a password is requested,
accepted, and all seems to be well as we can access things in this
directory.  But it used to be when things in this directory linked to
fcgi code written in C that it would be able to successfully identify
the user.  This is no longer the case.  I suspect there is something in
the configuration that needs to change, but I'm out of ideas.  Many
thanks for any suggestions of things to try or where I might start looking.
Fred
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