mod_auth-any/4209: Auth malfuntioning

[Eero Pikat <ee...@eero.com>]

>Number:         4209
>Category:       mod_auth-any
>Synopsis:       Auth malfuntioning
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Apr  7 15:20:01 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     eero@eero.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
Win32
>Description:
1.3.6 - The Apache.org shipped binary for Win32 disallows all authentication using mod_auth, and the server error log signifies that crypt() is not available for Win32 systems.

Error as follows:

[Wed Apr 07 17:01:24 1999] [error] [client 207.152.91.215] user zzz: authentication failure for "/adv/cbuilder/launch.html": crypt() unavailable on Win32, cannot validate password

>How-To-Repeat:
http://equities.barchart.com/adv/cbuilder/launch.htm
>Fix:
go back to no crypting, as in previous win32 releases.
>Audit-Trail:
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