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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by ma...@apache.org on 2001/10/17 12:59:46 UTC
cvs commit: httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/misc FAQ-D.html
martin 01/10/17 03:59:46
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<h1 align="CENTER">Apache Server Frequently Asked
Questions</h1>
- <p>$Revision: 1.14 $ ($Date: 2001/10/08 01:26:54 $)</p>
+ <p>$Revision: 1.15 $ ($Date: 2001/10/17 10:59:46 $)</p>
<p>The latest version of this FAQ is always available from the
main Apache web site, at <<a
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@
Windows, I get a message like "<code>System error 1067
has occurred. The process terminated
unexpectedly.</code>" What does this mean?</a></li>
+
+ <li><a href="#suseFDN">On a SuSE Linux system, I try and
+ configure access control using basic authentication.
+ Although I follow the example exactly, authentication
+ fails, and an error message "<code>admin: not a valid
+ FDN: ....</code>" is logged.</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
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@@ -480,6 +486,23 @@
Service on NT or 2000. As with any error, also check your
Apache error log.</p>
<hr />
+ </li>
+
+ <li><a id="suseFDN" name="suseFDN"><b>On a SuSE Linux system, I try and
+ configure access control using basic authentication.
+ Although I follow the example exactly, authentication
+ fails, and an error message "<code>admin: not a valid
+ FDN: ....</code>" is logged.</b></a>
+
+ <p>
+ In the SuSE distribution, additional 3rd party authentication
+ modules have been added and activated by default. These modules
+ interfere with the Apache standard modules and cause Basic
+ authentication to fail. Our recommendation is to comment all
+ those modules in <code>/etc/httpd/suse_addmodule.conf</code>
+ and <code>/etc/httpd/suse_loadmodule.conf</code> which are not
+ actually required for running your server.
+ </p>
</li>
</ol>
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