Auth problems

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Mon, 29 May 2006, Nicola Agnelli wrote:

> Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 May 2006, Nicola Agnelli wrote:
> >
> >>> <IfDefine NAGIOS>
> >>> 	ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/ /usr/nagios/sbin/
> >>> 	<Directory "/usr/nagios/sbin/">
> >>> 		AllowOverride AuthConfig
> >>> 		Options ExecCGI
> >>> 		Order allow,deny
> >>> 		Allow from all
> >>> 	</Directory>
> >>> 	Alias /nagios /usr/nagios/share/
> >>> 	<Directory "/usr/nagios/share">
> >>> 		AllowOverride AuthConfig
> >>> 		Order allow,deny
> >>> 		Allow from all
> >>> 	</Directory>
> >>> </IfDefine>
> >
> > Why didn't you put the authentication here? Using .htaccess files is a
> > substitute for putting authentication into the httpd.conf file. It is only
> > intended for cases where you can not change httpd.conf itself.
> >
> >> Unfortunatly i still having problems with auth.. i can't login in noway!
> >
> > Pick up the apache manual and build a test directory on your webserver and
> > see that you can get user authentication working on there following the
> > samples in the apache manual.
> >
> > Once you figure it out you can translate the solution to the nagios
> > sections.
> >
> > Untill you get the sample section working as shown on
> > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/auth.html there is little point in
> > trying anything else.
> >
> > This is not a Nagios issue but an issue of you trying to understand your
> > apache server.
> >
> > Hugo.
> >
> i've changed my /etc/apache2/modules.d/99_nagios.conf:
>
> <IfDefine NAGIOS>
>         ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/ /usr/nagios/sbin/
>         <Directory "/usr/nagios/sbin/">
> #               AllowOverride AuthConfig
>                 AuthName "Nagios Access"
>                 AuthType Basic
>                 AuthUserFile /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users
>                 require valid-user
>                 Options ExecCGI
>                 Order allow,deny
>                 Allow from all
>         </Directory>
>         Alias /nagios /usr/nagios/share/
>         <Directory "/usr/nagios/share">
> #               AllowOverride AuthConfig
>                 AuthName "Nagios Access"
>                 AuthType Basic
>                 AuthUserFile /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users
>                 require valid-user
>                 Order allow,deny
>                 Allow from all
>         </Directory>
> </IfDefine>
>
>
>
> I've restarted apache but nothing changed :s ..

I give up. If you can't follow instructions and test with a regular
directory first then why should I bother?

Hugo.

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