[users@httpd] Re: apache2 and mod_auth_pam

[Michael Hale <mi...@gmail.com>]

I finally found out that I needed to install the debian package
"libapache2-mod-auth-sys-group" with apache2 in order to keep the
mod_auth_pam functionality of "require group my-user" that I had grown
used to in apache 1.3.  I wish that it had been more obvious that I
needed to do this, but unfortunately the error message "configuration
error:  couldn't check access.  No groups file?" led me down the wrong
path for about 3 days.  I thought that it was referring to /etc/groups
and that I just had a permissions problem with my /etc/groups file.

On 3/27/06, Michael Hale <mi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to upgrade my apache installation to apach2 from apache
> 1.3, but I keep getting the following message whenever I try to load a
> protected page.
>
> [Mon Mar 27 16:08:33 2006] [crit] [client 192.168.0.5] configuration
> error:  couldn't check access.  No groups file?: /rms, referer:
> https://wiki/
>
> My .htaccess file looks like this:
> AuthPAM_Enabled on
> AuthPAM_FallThrough off
>
> AuthName "RMS Wiki"
> AuthType Basic
> require group developer
>
> This should be handled by mod_auth_pam, which appears to be loaded
> correctly.  At least apache does not complain about the AuthPam_*
> directives.
>
> I googled around to see if I could find the answer to this dilema, and
> I did find similar errors with people using all sorts of different
> authentication mechanisims, like kerbos, but none of the proposed
> solutions worked for me.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> - Michael
>

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