config/5212: "satisfy any" in the config file without any related conf lines causes 500 errors but no logging of cause

[Nicholas Clark <ni...@talking.bollo.cx>]

>Number:         5212
>Category:       config
>Synopsis:       "satisfy any" in the config file without any related conf lines causes 500 errors but no logging of cause
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 28 09:20:01 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     nick@talking.bollo.cx
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.9
>Environment:
SunOS kurt 5.6 Generic_105181-05 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10

gcc 2.8.1
>Description:
If you have a conf entry such as

<Directory "/home/nick/apache/htdocs">

#
# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",
# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

#
# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
# override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo", 
# "AuthConfig", and "Limit"
#
    AllowOverride None

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    satisfy any
</Directory>

then the server gives out 500 errors for every URL, and doen't log what the problem is in any log
>How-To-Repeat:
Add that

    satisfy any

to your conf file and restart	
>Fix:
Make apache log in a server log why it's issuing 500 errors.

Otherwise it's damn hard to track the cause of the problem
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