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jason_f

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Registered: 2006-08-18

Posts: 78

lighttpd authentication issue[solved]

Hello.
I am trying to configure mod_auth on lighttpd.
I've enabled the options in the configfile trying both htpasswd and htdigest, but I'm never prompted for a password, the site loads as if I had not enabled authentication.

No authentication related messages are showing up in the logs either.

I have been messing with the config file all morning but am unable to get a password prompt to come up..Trying to protect the entire site.
I do have mod_auth uncommented, and have:
auth.backend               = "htdigest"
auth.backend.htdigest.userfile = "/etc/lighttpd/.htdigest"
auth.debug = 2
auth.require               = ( "/" =>
                               (
                                 "method"  => "basic",
                                 "realm"   => "Restricted",
                                 "require" => "valid-user"
                               )
)

I have generated the .htdigest file with htdigest, and set the owner and group to http.

any ideas?

edit: lol. looks like it was just being cached on my local machine. I tried it on another box and got asked for authentication.

Last edited by jason_f (2009-03-03 20:22:30)