mod_auth-any/3170: "require user foo" fails when a tab separates "user" and "foo"

[Robert Forsman <th...@purplefrog.com>]

>Number:         3170
>Category:       mod_auth-any
>Synopsis:       "require user	foo" fails when a tab separates "user" and "foo"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct  9 11:10:01 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     thoth@purplefrog.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.2
>Environment:
Linux  2.0.33 #4 Tue Jun 9 10:08:40 EDT 1998 i586
>Description:
This problem did not occur in 1.2.5 apache, but when I upgraded, my users
started reporting errors.

[Fri Oct  9 12:51:59 1998] [error] [client 128.227.71.87] access to /upload/carole/Oct2span.htm failed, reason: user carole not allowed access
>How-To-Repeat:

<Location /upload/farol/>
order		deny,allow
allow		from 128.227 ufl.edu
deny		from all
AllowOverride	none
AuthUserFile	/home/httpd/conf/passwd
AuthType	Basic
AuthName	put
require user	farol
</Location>
>Fix:

When I changed the tab to a space, things started working again.
>Audit-Trail:
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