[plug] Apache gurus

[garry]

I don't know the answer to your problem exactly.. But maybe the normal 
authentication system is being used, and the username you put into the 
database is not a valid system login ID.....?

HTH

Garry





On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 00:10, Craig Dyke wrote:
> I have been trying to do some of the tutorials that come with apache so as
> to better aquaint myself.
>
> In the area of authentication the tutorial presents three different types
> of password verification.
> Both the Basic and Digest roles I have been able to utilise. My problem is
> in the third of using a database. Specifically, the tutorial directs me to
> use dbmmanage, which is supplied with apache.
> The following is the demo:
>
>
> 	dbmmanage passwords.db adduser montressor
>
> This produces a file called 'passwords' (without db extension) which is
> around 12K in size. Then the instructions direct you to the .htaccess
> config file where you enter:
>
> AuthName "Members Only"
> AuthType Basic
> AuthDBUserFile /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords
> require user montressor
>
> Once trying to access the web page associated a server error appears. I
> have traced the error (i think) to the db file as when I try to use any of
> the other commands associated with dbmmanage they all produce the
> corresponding error to the particular command :((
>
> eg.	dbmmanage passwords check montressor
> 	Sorry, user `montressor' doesn't exist!
>
> Can someone please explain how to get this all to work??
>
> Craig