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2006-01-31
2013-04-23
  • Greg Varnell

    Greg Varnell - 2006-01-31

    I just upgraded from RedHat ES3 to RedHat ES4.  I had mod_auth_mysql working fine before the update but since the update it no longer works.  Whenever I access a protected page I get a 500 error with the following in the log:

    configuration error:  couldn't check user.  No user file?:

    My apache starts with no errors and I have the following in my .htaccess file:

        AuthName "Texas Trust Administration Page"
        AuthType Basic

        AuthMySQLUser <mysql user>
        AuthMySQLPassword <unencrypted password>

        AuthMySQLDB TTCU
        AuthMySQLUserTable Admin
        AuthMySQLNameField UserName
        AuthMySQLPasswordField Password
        AuthMySQLGroupField Groups
        AuthMySQLCryptedPasswords Off

        require group full

    Any help that anyone can provide is greatly appreciated.

    Thank You,
    Greg

     
    • Jerry Stuckle

      Jerry Stuckle - 2006-02-20

      Greg,

      Sorry for the delay in responding.  I've been very busy.

      It looks like your MySQL authorization is failing.  Since you don't have

      AuthMySQLAuthoritative ON

      Apache is continuing to attempt to authorize by looking for a password file.

      You need to add the above statement to stop the 500 errors; then if you still have authorization failures you need to look at your Apache error log to determine why authrorization is failing.

       

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