I'm hitting a snag with htaccess. Have created .htaccess and .htpasswd files, set up apache directory options just like always... the exact same setup works fine on CentOS 3, but I can't seem to get it to authenticate on CentOS 4? Am I just being blind stupid (as in not seeing something 'exactly the same') or is there something different I'm missing? I have selinux running in warn mode I think it was, but not fully enabled.
Best, John Hinton
Hello, John.
The problem might be that you have the mod_auth_mysql module enabled. Please have a look at your '/var/log/httpd/ssl_error_log' file. If you find an error like the following: 'MySQL ERROR: Table 'test.user_info' doesn't exist' Then it means that the mod_auth_mysql module is enabled, making Apache to look for the permissions in the MySQL database, and completely forgetting the .htaccess and .htpasswd files.
In this case, just remove the module like this:
yum remove mod_auth_mysql or rpm -e mod_auth_mysql
And then restart apache: 'service httpd restart'
Then it should work. This is a strange behaviour I know, but it doesn't bother anybody, appart of those using that function unfortunately...
Else, please report the error that you receive in your /var/log/httpd/ssl_error_log' file.
Regards, Daniel