Re: [apache-ssl] Authentication problems
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Re: [apache-ssl] Authentication problems



Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using apache since a long time, and I never had problems with
> User authentication for special directorys.
> 
> After updating to apache SSL, I always get an authentication
> error back.
> 
> The part of the configuration file:
> 
> <Directory /home/www-serv/data/intern>
> AuthName        Intranet
> AuthType        Basic
> AuthUserFile    /home/www-serv/intranet/passwd
> <LIMIT GET>
> order allow,deny
> allow from all
> require valid-user
> </LIMIT>
> </Directory>
> 
> Does anybody know how to fix this ? In an older thread was the
> suggestion, to remove the LIMIT part. But then you don't need a
> password. Apache without SSL patches works great with this.

The crypt routine is part of SSLeay, which may cause the problem. Try
linking htpasswd to the SSLeay library and reentering the passwords.

Cheers,

Ben.

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