Michael Leone on Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:20:05 -0400 |
lists said: > > PHP has nothing to do with .htaccess. I am using PHP though. Yes, I know. My point was that it might be a bug in the interaction between Apache 2.0 and some of it's modules. I only used the bug in the interaction between Apache and PHP as an example. > > Michael > > Paul wrote: > 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. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > 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 _________________________________________________________________________ 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
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