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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by Etienne Provencher <pr...@raleigh.ibm.com> on 1997/02/24 21:30:02 UTC

mod_auth-any/192: Unable to do authentication on 10,000 user .htpasswd file

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>Number:         192
>Category:       mod_auth-any
>Synopsis:       Unable to do authentication on 10,000 user .htpasswd file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 24 12:30:01 1997
>Originator:     provench@raleigh.ibm.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.2b1
>Environment:
AIX 4.1.5 on RS/6000 with IBM cc as compiler
>Description:
I have defined a 10,000+ user htpasswd file for authentication. It
seems that some on the users are getting "Authentication denied" while
other are not. Is there some limit on size for a flat text htpasswd file
that I am hitting? If there is a limit, is DBM the only work around?
>How-To-Repeat:
This is on an IBM internal machine so a URL is not possible. If you set
up a protection with 11,000 or so users the problem should occur.
>Fix:
Nope :-%2
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: