apache configuration

[pcburner]

ok now here's something might help as well. In the .htaccess file I also created custom error documents. But when I do something to create an error it isn't displaying those documents either.

[pcburner]

Ok, I put AllowOverride in the httpd.conf and I got a different error. When I clicked on the link I got a Forbidden Page.

[zetnsh]

That's progress of some sort I suppose ;-)

Would you mind posting a) the appropriate slice of the error log and b) the contents of the .htaccess file?

I know you've sent these before, but they might have changed!

[pcburner]

You were right about one thing that when using .htaccess AuthConfig has to be utilized in the httpd.conf. Now I have the opposite problem as before. After working with it more I found out that I had to change the permissions on the parent folder that holds the two child directories. Now the problem is I have made so many changes I don't where to go from here.

[topdog]

I dont understand why you insist on using .htaccess files when you have access to modifying the httpd.conf file. The configuration i gave you works from within the httpd.conf file and should just work.

[pcburner]

Originally Posted by topdog

I dont understand why you insist on using .htaccess files when you have access to modifying the httpd.conf file. The configuration i gave you works from within the httpd.conf file and should just work.

Because I didn't know that is what the code was for. Plus I have the understanding that in order for it to work you had to have the .htaccess file to work. TopDog I want you to know that I sincerely appreciate your help!!! I did try your coding that you sent, I wasn't sure if it was for the .htaccess file or the httpd.conf so I had tried it in both places and it wouldn't work and after each change I would restart httpd. But I got it now.

[zetnsh]

Worth mentioning here, I reckon that although .htaccess is probably the wrong place for <Directory> configurations, it tends to be considered as the right place for User authentication stuff, not least of which because you don't need a restart for it to see any changes!

So is it working now?

Thanks,

Neil

[rama646]

Hi all,
I am getting different error in apache server log
[client ::1] (13)Permission denied: Could not open password file:

my
httpd.conf
<Directory "/srv/www/cgi-bin/testmaster">
AllowOverride AuthConfig
</Directory>

Alias /testmaster "/srv/www/htdocs/testmaster"
<Directory "/srv/www/htdocs/testmaster">
AllowOverride AuthConfig
</Directory>

[falko]

What are the permissions of your password file?