| Mike Leone on Wed, 16 Oct 2002 23:00:06 -0400 |
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Paul (paul@dpagin.net) wrote this on 10 16, 02 at 21:47: > 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. Also, PHP w/Apache 2 is supposedly "experimental". I know from the SquirrelMail list that there are problems with relative paths in PHP on Apache 2. Perhaps this too is a result of a buggy feature. > > > 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. > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug -- PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF Member, LEAF Project <http://leaf.sourceforge.net> AIM: MikeLeone Public Key - <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.asc> Registered Linux user# 201348 Attachment:
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