2.0.48 authentication not working, anyone can get in

[news.caltech.edu]

I'm trying to use basic authentication, but for some reason its not working.
It never prompts me for a password. The same server is running another site
which is using basic authentication and thats working. I'm not sure whats
different about this other site that its not working. I have restarted
apache after making the changes to the conf file. Here's the relevant
section (the actual conf file has the correct server name and ip):

<VirtualHost 0.0.0.0:80>
ServerName my.server.name
DocumentRoot /disk/whis-site
CustomLog logs/access_log_whis combined
<Directory /disk/whis-disk/phppgadmin>
Options +ExecCGI Indexes
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Whis"
AuthUserFile /disk/whis_sitePassFile
Require valid-user
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

[Ian L]

anyone have any suggestions for this? i'm really stumped as to why the
above config doesnt work.

[Torsten Lilge]

news.caltech.edu wrote:

Try 'Satisfy any' at the end of <Directory>.

Best
Torsten

[Ian L]

I tried that, didnt work. I really dont understand why its not working
since the same set up on the same machine for another site IS working.
The only difference between this site and the other site is this site is
a namevirtualhost since its sharing the IP address with another site.
Does that require anything special?

thanks

Ian

[Ian L]

Torsten Lilge wrote:

ok i found out the reason it wasnt workinng ... because i am an idiot.
/dish/whis-disk/phppgadmin was the wrong path. I think it would be legal
for someone to shoot me now ;)

sorry to waste everyones time.

Ian