os-windows/1902: User Authentication not functioning

[Mark Holloway <wi...@lvdi.net>]

>Number:         1902
>Category:       os-windows
>Synopsis:       User Authentication not functioning
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar  2 12:40:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     wired@lvdi.net
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3b3
>Environment:
This is the binary release of Apache 1.3b3 for Windows
>Description:
See "how can we repeat this problem"
>How-To-Repeat:
Unable to get NT or 95 to detect .htaccess to prompt USR/PW box.  If I set it manually in access.conf (instead of inside .htaccess) the USR/PW box appears for the protected directory, but isn't accessing the password file specified in the path.
>Fix:
???%3
>Audit-Trail:
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