[Techtalk] Apache Basic Authentication problem

[Elwing]

If I remember right, the order does matter in the Apache config  
file.  So you're telling it to require a user *then* allow from  
localhost.  Try putting Allow From localhost before the AuthType  
Basic  I can't promise that it'll work since I haven't used that  
particular feature in a while.

Elwing


On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:01 AM, Kathryn Andersen wrote:

> I have a virtual hosts setup at home, have a few different
> vhosts (one for my main site, one for my mailing lists etc)
> For one of the virtual hosts, which has personal stuff on it (personal
> wiki, e-fiction and various things) I set up Basic Authentication
> so that people couldn't get at it from the outside world
> unless they were already a user on my system (which means just me,
> really)
>
> I also want it to NOT ask for a password when being accessed from the
> local machine, since it gets annoying and that's how I access it  
> most of
> the time.
>
> The BA seems to work -- it asks for passwords.  However, it also asks
> for a password when I'm accessing it from the local machine, which it
> shouldn't.
>
> Here's my setup:
>
> Apache 2.0.58
> GenToo Linux
>
> Here's the relevant bits from the config file:
>
> -----------------------------------
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>     ServerName kat.katspace.homelinux.org
>     ServerAlias kat.katspace.org kat.localhost
>     ServerAdmin webmaster at katspace.homelinux.org
>     SuExecUserGroup kat users
>
> <Directory "/var/www/mysite/htdocs">
>         AuthType Basic
>         AuthName "MySite"
>         Order allow,deny
>         Require valid-user
>         Allow from localhost
>         Satisfy Any
> </Directory>
> -----------------------------------
>
> How can I get it to not ask me for a password from the local machine?
> I thought the "Allow from localhost" would do it, but it isn't.
>
> Kathryn Andersen
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