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htpasswd sets size of passwd file to 0 ?
I have been running a web site on apache on a Sun SPARC station
for over a year with no problems etc.
However now when I try to add a new password using a
command line like
htpasswd -b /usr/local/apache/vhosts/ecert/passwords/.htpasswd username
password
This has worked fine for over a year, but know, all of a sudden, it
empties the file .htpasswd ( ls -al shows the size to be 0 )
which removes all of the other user names and passwords from the file.
Has anyone seen this behaviour before or is anyone able to shed any
light on it ?
There is plenty of disk space and I believe that the permissions are OK.
Apache Version : 1.3
UNIX Version:
Release: 5.7
Kernel architecture: sun4u
Application architecture: sparc
Hardware provider: Sun_Microsystems
Domain:
Kernel version: SunOS 5.7 Generic 106541-12 May 2000
Thanks in advance for any help or guidance.
Chris Ringrow
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RE: htpasswd sets size of passwd file to 0 ?
Posted by Chris Ringrow <ch...@ringrow.co.uk>.
Thanks for the help!
With some help from demon.net I found the problem.
The /var/tmp directory was full !
Keep up the good work !
Reagrds Chris Ringrow
-----Original Message-----
From: obo@bourse.ch [mailto:obo@bourse.ch]
Sent: 07 January 2002 08:27
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: htpasswd sets size of passwd file to 0 ?
Chris Ringrow wrote:
>
> I have been running a web site on apache on a Sun SPARC station
> for over a year with no problems etc.
>
> However now when I try to add a new password using a
> command line like
>
> htpasswd -b /usr/local/apache/vhosts/ecert/passwords/.htpasswd username
> password
>
> This has worked fine for over a year, but know, all of a sudden, it
> empties the file .htpasswd ( ls -al shows the size to be 0 )
> which removes all of the other user names and passwords from the file.
>
> Has anyone seen this behaviour before or is anyone able to shed any
> light on it ?
This shouldn't happen. Are you *sure* that this is the command you are
issuing? Check that you are not using the "-c" switch which creates a
new password file (although even this should not empty the file...).
Test the command in the /tmp directory to see if it works:
$ cd /tmp
$ htpasswd -b -c test.pwd fred flintsone
$ htpasswd -b test.pwd barney rubble
$ more test.pwd
should show two lines
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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Re: htpasswd sets size of passwd file to 0 ?
Posted by Owen Boyle <ob...@bourse.ch>.
Chris Ringrow wrote:
>
> I have been running a web site on apache on a Sun SPARC station
> for over a year with no problems etc.
>
> However now when I try to add a new password using a
> command line like
>
> htpasswd -b /usr/local/apache/vhosts/ecert/passwords/.htpasswd username
> password
>
> This has worked fine for over a year, but know, all of a sudden, it
> empties the file .htpasswd ( ls -al shows the size to be 0 )
> which removes all of the other user names and passwords from the file.
>
> Has anyone seen this behaviour before or is anyone able to shed any
> light on it ?
This shouldn't happen. Are you *sure* that this is the command you are
issuing? Check that you are not using the "-c" switch which creates a
new password file (although even this should not empty the file...).
Test the command in the /tmp directory to see if it works:
$ cd /tmp
$ htpasswd -b -c test.pwd fred flintsone
$ htpasswd -b test.pwd barney rubble
$ more test.pwd
should show two lines
Rgds,
Owen Boyle.
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