Question

I had installed and configured TWiki. I was able register myself as an user.I had enabled the .htaccess file. so whe i click on edit i get a login dialogue. Once i give user id & password and click enter, it says Authentication failed. I checked for my registered data. it is there but it not making any entry into .htpasswd file. What should i do to make my password entry in .htpasswd file when i register my self. Can some one help me.

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-- ShivRam - 05 Dec 2002

Answer

I had the same problem. It turned out that the paths pointing to the .htaccess and .htpasswd files were mismatched in the different configuration files in the Dec 2001 version I got. I'd suggest going through the TWiki and .htaccess config files to make sure all the locations are correct.

-- AdamTheo - 05 Dec 2002

Hi - please fill in the details above re your web server version, OS version, etc, they are very useful in answering your question - e.g. Apache 2.0 has problems with registering new users via TWiki on some platforms. The SupportGuidelines explain why providing this information will save you time.

In particular, please include your current twiki/bin/.htaccess file, and the location of your htpasswd data file.

-- RichardDonkin - 05 Dec 2002