RE: authentication

Hello Pons,

this is an Apache related issue.
In my example, everyboy can browse to the NetSaint main HTML-page but cannot
see any statuses (execute any cgi/whatever) without login in first.

First, you add the following lines to your Apache's config file (for me:
/etc/httpd/httpd.conf):
---
<Directory /usr/local/netsaint/sbin >
        AllowOverride AuthConfig
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        Options ExecCGI
</Directory>
---

Then add an .htaccess file under the directory entered above
(/usr/local/netsaint/sbin ), as shown:
---
AuthName "NetSaint Access"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /usr/local/netsaint/etc/htpasswd.users
require valid-user
---

Create a user with htpasswd.

From the man page:

NAME
       htpasswd - Create and update user authentication files

[...]
EXAMPLES
       htpasswd /usr/local/etc/apache/.htpasswd-users jsmith

              Adds or modifies the password for user jsmith.  The user is
prompted for the password.  If exeآ­
              cuted  on  a Windows system, the password will be encrypted
using the modified Apache MD5 algoآ­
              rithm; otherwise, the system's crypt() routine will be used.
If  the  file  does  not  exist,
              htpasswd will do nothing except return an error.

       htpasswd -c /home/doe/public_html/.htpasswd jane

              Creates a new file and stores a record in it for user jane.
The user is prompted for the passآ­
              word.  If the file exists and cannot be read, or cannot be
written,  it  is  not  altered  and
              htpasswd will display a message and return an error status.

       htpasswd -mb /usr/web/.htpasswd-all jones Pwd4Steve

              Encrypts  the password from the command line (Pwd4Steve) using
the MD5 algorithm, and stores it
              in the specified file.

[...]

Finally, point your browser to your NetSaint server to check that it
works...


HTH,

Martin

  -----Original Message-----
  From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Pons
  Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:29 PM
  To: [email protected]
  Subject: [netsaint] authentication


  I want to implement the following:
  In case if any one request URL:http://IP-Addr/netsaint
  to be presented with an authentication request.
  Any help.


  -Pons

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