From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Np38N-0006Jm-6b for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:22:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5E89EE09E9; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:21:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 311A7E09E9 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:21:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EE471B4031 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:21:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.882 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.882 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.275, BAYES_00=-2.599, DATE_IN_PAST_12_24=0.992] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ySzv2NmLHyjF for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:21:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3DD81B4073 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:21:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Np36C-0002Qf-IM for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:20:04 +0100 Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:20:04 +0100 Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:20:04 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: htpasswd works only for valid-user Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:54:50 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87bpeyi4qt.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <4B95547C.4030708@logiquefloue.org> <201003082202.02750.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VfjOE+85HealyGPd0uBeP7z/bPc= X-Archives-Salt: 92e08bcf-459c-4d48-b057-9cd054d533cf X-Archives-Hash: b31f936db7787f80e865284dacfb8deb Alan McKinnon writes: > On Monday 08 March 2010 21:48:12 Laurent Kappler wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm using htpasswd to write the user password form my htaccess. >> >> It works only if I put "require valid-user" not if I put "require >> specificuser" >> >> any idea? > > It should work, if everything else is correct. With that in mind, > > > What do you mean by "doesn't work?" i.e. what exact error is in the logs as > the reason for the failure. > > Also, please provide the relevant config for the directory in question? also... what is in .htaccess (with any sensitive data x'ed out)