Using AuthType Digest to password protect a directory 2

[swillett]

I am trying to set up a directory that is password protected. I placed the following Directory tag in my httpd.conf file:
<Directory "/home/myhome/public_html/internal">
AuthType Digest
AuthName "My Internal Files"
AuthDigestFile /etc/httpd/passwd/passwords
Require valid-user
Options +Indexes
</Directory>

and set up a password file for the realm "My Internal Files" using htdigest. The browser (I am using Firefox 1.0) prompts me for a user name and password if I try to browse in the directory, but never accepts my responses - I just get the prompt back, as if the password were not correct.

Any ideas of what I might be doing wrong?

Steve Willett

 

[Wishdiak]

swillett,

Did you use htdigest to create /etc/httpd/passwd/passwords according to

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/auth.html#digest?

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[swillett]

Yes, I certainly tried to follow the instructions. The password file exists with an entry for the user I am trying to connect as.

Steve

 

[Wishdiak]

swillett,

You should delete and recreate the /etc/httpd/passwd/passwords file with htdigest -c, make sure the permissions are correct (644 should do it), and of course restarting apache won't hurt anything.

If still no joy, please post your OS version and the version of Apache that you are using.

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com