Re: Trouble getting vqadmin to use .htaccess to authenticate...

I got this reply saying someone else was having the
same problem.  Is it possible that it is a RedHat 9
issue?

--- Bill Holt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi David,
> For some reason I received this e-mail. 
> I am having the same problem with my Red Hat 9 box.
> Have tried all the
> things that you did to no avail.
> The OS is installed on a Dell Power Edge 2550
> w/512MB & a PIII 1.4 GHz.
> If you figure it out please let me know.
> Thanks,
> Bill
> 

--- David Burt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a archived list?  I've tried searching, but
> I
> can't find anything.  I have read through the docs
> and
> it doesn't seem that hard get working, but everytime
> I
> get a username/password prompt in my browser, it
> will
> not accept my responses.
> 
> It is a redhat 9 box.
> 
> I have a .htaccess file in /var/www/cgi-bin/vqadmin
> 
> I have doublechecked what is supposed to be in the
> file.  I used vi and not windows for editing of all
> my
> files.
> 
> .htaccess
> AuthType Basic
> AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/vqadmin.passwd
> AuthName vQadmin
> require valid-user
> satisfy any
> 
> Next I change the .htaccess mod and owner
> chown apache .htaccess 
> chmod 600 .htaccess
> 
> I've tried nobody, but it won't even prompt me for
> the
> login, so I know apache is right.  also when I do a
> ps
> -aux |grep httpd it says user apache is the one
> running httpd.
> 
> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> <directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/vqadmin">
> deny from all
> Options ExecCGI
> AllowOverride AuthConfig
> Order deny,allow
> </directory>
> 
> I created my vqadmin.passwd by using the following
> command:
> 
> htpasswd -bc /etc/httpd/conf/vqadmin.passwd admin
> admin
> 
> The box is on a local network assigned the ip
> 192.168.10.2
> 
> I have tried accessing the
> http://server/cgi-bin/vqadmin/vqadmin.cgi
> 
> replace server with:
> 127.0.0.1
> 192.168.10.2
> localhost
> 
> none of these work on the server.  The browser used
> was lynx.
> 
> Next I tried it with mozilla and konqueror on the
> same
> subnet using:
> http://192.168.10.2/cgi-bin/vqadmin/vqadmin.cgi
> 
> none of this has allowed my to get past the login
> prompt.  
> 
> I compiled using:
> 
> ./configure
> make
> make install-strip
> 
> It's a fresh install of redhat 9
> 
> When installing I picked everything under the
> webserver option except tux and squid.
> 
> please help me before I pull all of my hair out.
> 
> thanks!
> 
> 
> David
> 
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