SID-00396: Can't Authenticate users with apache logon

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Category:	CategoryAccessControl	Server OS:	Red Hat	Last update:	2 years ago

I have just installed Twiki and am slowly getting to grips with it! (ish)

I have template login working fine, but since this wiki needs to be private, I tried to switch over to Apache authentication.

I followed the instruction in "Restrict access to whole wiki" and edited the .htaccess files as suggested. I changed configure to ApacheLogin

(Note, I have also set up htaccess to redirect from the root directory to the main wiki using the instructions

Now, when I open the wiki, I get the browser popup for logging on, but it does not recognise me.

The user is definitely listed in data/.htpassword

helP?

-- JossSanglier - 2009-07-02

Discussion and Answer

> The user is definitely listed in data/.htpassword

Isn't the file supposed to be named ".htpasswd"? OK, that was probably just a typo. But on the other hand maybe that's all you needed?

> but since this wiki needs to be private, I tried to switch over to Apache authentication

I don't follow that reasoning. Apache authentication isn't necessarily more secure.

> and edited the .htaccess files as suggested

Apache makes a strong recommendation to use http.conf instead of .htaccess, "you should never use .htaccess files unless you don't have access to the main server configuration file" (reference). It's for performance reasons (when used, it must look for that file every time a directory is accessed). But I also like the fact that using the conf file puts all the directives in one place, which facilitates troubleshooting. I put them in twiki.conf (using the line Include conf/twiki.conf in http.conf).

-- SeanCMorgan - 2009-07-09

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