Re: [users@httpd] Basic Authentication over reverse proxy SOLVED

[K Anand <ka...@sail-steel.com>]

I managed to get it working...What I had to put in was not <Directory
proxy:/xxx/> but
<Directory proxy:http://a.b.c.d/>

Anand

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K Anand" <ka...@sail-steel.com>
To: <us...@httpd.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 11:21 AM
Subject: [users@httpd] Basic Authentication over reverse proxy


> I want to do basic authentication with reverse proxy...My relevant config
is
> as follows :
>
> ProxyRequests Off
> <Directory proxy:*>
>     Order deny,allow
>     Deny from all
>     Allow from all
> </Directory>
>
> <Directory proxy:/xxx/>
>     AuthType Basic
>     AuthName "By Invitaion Only"
>     AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/passwd/passwords
>     Require valid-user
> </Directory>
>
> ProxyPass             /xxx/               http://a.b.c.d/xxx
> ProxyPassReverse /xxx/               http://a.b.c.d/xxx
>
> File /etc/httpd/conf/passwd/passwords exists with one user name and
> password.
> When I try basic auth for a normal dir, it works. It asks me for a user id
> and password. But when I tried with proxied dir, it does not ask me .
>
> order of loading of modules is as follows :
>
> LoadModule proxy_module       modules/libproxy.so
> LoadModule auth_module        modules/mod_auth.so
>
> AddModule mod_proxy.c
> AddModule mod_auth.c
>
>
> Apache/1.3.27 (Unix)  (Red-Hat/Linux)
>
> What could the problem be ?  Any pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Anand
>
>
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