Gossamer Forum: General: Internet Technologies: .htgroup

Mar 18, 2003, 1:09 AM

Andy

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Mar 18, 2003, 1:09 AM

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I've been trying to get .htgroup to work on my site. Currently I have the following;

.htaccess

Code:
AuthUserFile /home/ace-ins/public_html/dev/.htpasswd  
AuthGroupFile /home/ace-ins/public_html/dev/.htgroup 
AuthName "Protected Area" 
AuthType Basic  
require admin test users

.htpasswd

Code:
admin:MMn3mipe32D22

.htgroup

Code:
admin: admin

Can anyone see why this wouldn't work? Its bringing up the password box...but simply won't let me in. I know the usewr/pass combo are working; cos if I change the 'require admin test users' to 'require valid-user', and remove the 'AuthGroupFile' reference....it lets me in fine. Its leading me to believe its something to do with the .htgroup stuff Unsure

Anyone had any experience with this stuff?

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Mar 18, 2003, 1:39 AM

Wil

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Mar 18, 2003, 1:39 AM

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Re: [Andy] .htgroup In reply to

Do you get any errors in your error.log?

- wil

Mar 18, 2003, 1:41 AM

Wil

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Mar 18, 2003, 1:41 AM

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That 'require' line is wrong too, I think. I think it should be in the format:

Code:
require user admin

That is, you explicity state that you require the 'user' 'admin'. I'm not sure if this actually takes multiple entries. What's wrong with require valid-user?

- wil

Mar 18, 2003, 2:00 AM

Andy

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Mar 18, 2003, 2:00 AM

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Quote:

[Tue Mar 18 04:58:37 2003] [error] [client 62.64.211.2] File does not exist: /home/ace-ins/public_html/401.shtml
[Tue Mar 18 04:58:34 2003] [error] [client 62.64.211.2] File does not exist: /home/ace-ins/public_html/401.shtml
[Tue Mar 18 04:58:33 2003] [error] [client 62.64.211.2] File does not exist: /home/ace-ins/public_html/401.shtml

Thats all my error log says Unsure

Regarding the 'require' part...that is meant to 'allow' only certain groups, which are held in the .htgroup file.

Thanks for replying Smile