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This could very much be user error here, but I’m missing something obvious. I’m trying to configure Basic Auth for a static HTML site, and Apache can’t seem to find an .htpasswd file where I believe it should. There’s a single reference to using htpasswd for WebDAV in the docs, so I’ve followed the convention there.
Description
Apache cannot find/read /var/www/.htpasswd. Even moving the .htpasswd file to /var/www/html, does not work.
Steps to Reproduce
An .htaccess directive with AuthType Basic, referring to a
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Access to site"
AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd
Require user xxx
/var/www/.htpasswd exists, with permissions 644 owned by siteuser:siteuser:
ls -al /var/www
-rw-r--r-- 1 siteuser siteuser 47 Aug 1 03:26 .htpasswd
Apache borks with
(2)No such file or directory: [remote 192.168.2.70:5329] AH01620: Could not open password file: /var/www/.htpasswd
Expected Behavior
htpasswd file to be found and read by Apache
Actual Behavior
http/500 returned
Environment
ApisCP version:
revision: 74b0e2ca2bb80b7a30fab4546ac1948c875549f3
timestamp: 1785256541
ver_maj: 3
ver_min: 2
ver_patch: 48
ver_pre: 79-g74b0e2ca2
dirty: false
checksum: 13527c178b459e9
debug: false
Operating System:
4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10.x86_64