Re: [PLUG] Apache 2.x Authentication No Work

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

What does PHP have to do with .htaccess?  Just focus on Apache.  Maybe 
the old config files are still there and confusing the new Apache.


lists wrote:

> Anyone and everyone's thoughts or knowledge would sincerely be 
> appreciated here...  I installed Apache 2.0.40 along with MySQL 
> 3.23.52, PHP 4.2.2, and mod_perl-2 on SuSE 7.3.  Everything seemed to 
> work perfectly.  But, I could not get authentication to work on Apache 
> 2.0.40 using .htaccess files or using the directory method.  I feel 
> like I read too much yeaterday in order to get this working.  I spent 
> more than 10 hours looking for a reason it wouldn't work, including 
> reinstalling/upgrading to Apache 2.0.43 and PHP 4.2.3 (only because 
> PHP 2.0.43 is the latest stable release). Apache 2.0.43 made no 
> difference in getting authentication to work.  I'm curious if anyone 
> has got authentication working on this release.  I think something has 
> been changed in mod_auth.  So, knowing that authentication works using 
> .htaccess files on Apache 1.3.x, which I have running on Windows 2000, 
> I decided to remove Apache 2.0.43 and PHP 4.2.3 and try Apache 
> 1.3.27.  I found that installing Apache 1.3.27 combined with PHP 4.2.3 
> is flawless and authentication using the directory method works 
> perfectly!  What the f*ck!?  I'd like to kick the sh*t out of someone 
> for distributing flawed software.  I appreciate the free software, 
> but, for God's sake, make sure it works so people aren't spending 
> hours on end trying to get something to work that won't.  Clear 
> documentation based on certain configuration and usage objectives 
> would be great too.  The perfect instructions I found were at the end 
> of the Install file, but authentication using the directory method 
> versus the .htaccess file method is hidden.  I guess since I've been 
> into open-source software for less than a year I've got some lessons 
> to learn...seriously.  If it's my fault, which I cannot imagine since 
> I was able to get authentication working in just minutes using Apache 
> 1.3.27, I retract all of the above negative statements and apologize.  
> If not, I think Apache owes everyone a public apology.


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